Someone Else's Love Story (Jackson) - Book Reviews

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[T]here is love at [this novel’s] heart… there is much to gain from a closer read.  (3 out of 4 stars)
USA Today

 
A surprising novel, both graceful and tender. You won’t be able to put it down.
Dallas Morning News


Someone Else’s Love Story is worth reading, even studying. Expressions of love come in many forms, as Jackson shows.
Omaha World-Herald


Joshilyn Jackson is a brilliant storyteller and has a unique gift of bringing quirkiness to her characters and a lot of twists and turns to her tale.
Wichita Falls Times Record Review


Someone Else’s Love Story is never predictable, full of humor and heart and characters you can’t help but love.
Greenville News


Witty, cleverly constructed and including a truly surprising twist, Someone Else’s Love Story turns out to be a nuanced exploration of faith, family and the things we do for love. (3 ½ stars)
People

Finely drawn characters make the miraculous plausible, from the opening hostage scene in a North Georgia convenience store to an ending that hits the mark of "surprising yet inevitable" mastered and articulated by Flannery O’Connor.
Atlanta Magazine


[W]itty and insightful.... [A]a novel at once funny and touching, whose characters’ many flaws are overshadowed by all the ways in which they look out for one another. The final denouement of Jackson’s roller-coaster love story will leave the reader both thoroughly sated and hungry for more. Publishers Weekly


[O]riginal and amusing.... [T]he plot takes an unexpected turn with the introduction of a new character late in the book. Unfortunately, the clunky transitions among narrators and jumps between the past and present distract at times from the story. Still, Jackson's many fans and those who love authentic Southern fiction should enjoy this title. —Amber McKee, Cumberland Univ. Lib., Lebanon, TN
Library Journal


There are scenes that will make you gasp, pause or even tear up as Jackson’s characters fumble toward imperfect enlightenment. Someone Else’s Love Story will delight and surprise with its unexpected compassion, empathy and humanity.
BookPage


Jackson's novel perfectly captures the flavor and rhythm of Southern life as a young woman preparing for college finds herself caught up in a real-life drama ... Wrapped in a thoughtful, often funny and insightful narrative...Jackson presents the reader with a story that is never predictable and is awash in bittersweet love, regret and the promise of what could be. A surprising novel, both graceful and tender. You won't be able to put it down.
Kirkus Reviews