About the Beauty of the moment:
IMHO: The Beauty of the Moment
The Beauty of the Moment reminds me of To All the Boys I Loved Before, but with only one boy, one little sister, one book, and immigrant parent complications. There's still the great sibling relationship, the trouble with driving, the compelling relationship between opposites, and the mean girl ex-girlfriend that gets to mature with her own arc.
I really love having it switch between Susan and Malcolm's POV. I wasn't sold on Peter K until the very last book of TATBILB and even then, reluctantly. Malcolm getting to tell his story made it super easy to understand and believe him during the rocky relationship portion.
Susan and Malcolm come from unhappy homes with wildly different set ups. The contrast and balance between the two situations is fantastic. They may each console and vent to each other, but all the progress is made individually.
I do wish we saw more of Susan's mom's changes first hand as well as finding out what happened to Malcolm's crew.
I also loved:
- anger management boxing lesson
- the concert
- girl trio
- boy trio that doesn't suck
- The last scene + sentence
Top 5 Non-Spoilery Quotes:
This is the part of her love story that Amma never tells our relatives: the bit where her Happy Ever After turns into a Lifetime of Drudgery.
My knuckles strain against my skin. Let the old man try. This time Mahtab isn't here to stop me.
"Oh yeah, bunking. That's what the Brits call it. Or brown people colonized by Brits."
"I don't know what happened between you and that boy, Susan. but love isn't easy." She stares at the closed bathroom door. "You just need to decide if it's worth the trouble."
Love should not be one-sided.
Giveaway:
Prize:Win a finished copy of THE BEAUTY OF THE MOMENT by Tanaz Bhathena (US Only)
Start Date:19th February 2019 Ending Date: 5th March 2019
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This review was originally posted on The Layaway Dragon