This is one of those novels that pauses life; I binge read it in one sitting fueled up on chocolate and coffee and I do not regret a thing! It is such an intensely relatable and well-written novel, full of beautiful art work that bring the story to life before your eyes - how could I not?! I think we have all been and felt like every character presented at least once in our lives, and that is the power of the story! The theme - love - is one never exhausted because it is never exhausted in real life; it is felt, and re-felt, and lost, and gained, and felt again in the infinite washing machine of emotion. To create and to express and expel emotion is to learn to love again. I felt like I was penning my own hurt and misery and purging everything inside of myself and when I closed the final page I walked away from this book with a lighter heart. This should be number 1 on every person's rainy day/break-up/I-just-need-to-feel-better-about-myself reading list.