"Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." 
 This book made me feel all the feelings. It's rare that I experience real physical reactions to a book, but this one did it. I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I cried my eyes out. This book broke my heart. 
 I loved the first half of this book, but then it felt like it started to lag a bit and I was fully prepared for a disappointing ending. I was so wrong. Krauss delivers a rapid series of heartbreaking and unexpected revelations at the end of this novel. All I could do when I finished it was stare at the ceiling and feel my heart crumble. 
 The characters in this book are so unique and their stories are intertwined so intricately. They're all connected, but they don't all know it, and with every page turned I experienced this intense desire for everything to be brought to the surface so they could live happily-ever-after. 
 I can't say whether or not they finally got what I wanted for them. 
 I can say that this is one of the most rewarding books I've read this year. The story is beautiful. The writing is beautiful. I look forward to reading The History of Love over and over again. 
 "For her I changed pebbles into diamonds, shoes into mirrors, I changed glass into water, I gave her wings and pulled birds from her ears and in her pockets she found the feathers, I asked a pear to become a pineapple, a pineapple to become a lightbulb, a lightbulb to become the moon, and the moon to become a coin I flipped for her love, both sides were heads: I knew I couldn't lose."