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Book 6 completed for #RamadanReadathon

@ author, please let me know where i can send the bills for the therapy that i now need

i get this deep ache in my chest every time i think about this book

the profound emotions of timeless love and loss and grief and missed chances and forgiveness punched me in the throat and i'm still not over it omg can someone make it STOP HURTING

the Stationery Shop is the story of a teenage girl in tehran during 1953 just before the iranian coup and the whirlwind romance she experiences with a boy (who is going to change the world) she meets in a small, cozy stationery shop.

from the beginning of the story, we know the time they have together is numbered and yet you cannot stop yourself from getting swept up in the love and passion and adoration they share

the aspects of iranian culture are history are so seamlessly entwined in the story. it's like you've entered a time machine and gone back to experience life with these characters during this time. it's not so much a commentary on the iranian coup, but more just a reconstruction of historic events and how life changing they were for the people in that time

i am so attached to the characters aaaaaaaaaaa

the author has a way of being so real and honest with the reader about these characters. she's able to grab that special aspect of human interaction and vulnerability and put it into words and give you a glimpse of something so personal and precious.

something like making a favourite childhood meal with someone left me with so much yearning jfkldjfkla my goodness it's just SO, SO, SO GOOD

there are so many subtle hints that the author leaves for the reader to piece together and theyre left in such a clever and brilliant way that when they do come together, you're left breathless and shaken

the parallels between the lives of the characters are truly incredible. in some ways the main couple of the story are doomed to repeat the actions of those before them. and the reader is well aware of this. which makes it so MUCH MORE HEARTBREAKING because you know where it's headed but there's nothing you can do but watch your own heart shatter into a million pieces :D yay for pain :D

AND THE ENDING!!!!!!!! I KNEW IT WAS COMING!!!!!!!

AND STILL!!!!!!!

the way the story is crafted with absolute care and attention to fine detail is what makes it such a timeless story about two young people falling in love during a turning point in their country's history

and my goodness, what a story this was