Love is a verb book review 🥀

My god! I can't! I just can't control my tears. I mean, what was this story? It totally destroyed me. I am literally crying like hell right now while penning my thoughts about this book.

When I started reading it, I didn't  think much of it. I thought it was just a cliche story where lovers meet under unfavourable circumstances, fight in a cruel world, and then stay happy together forever. But that was not the case in this one.

I always love to read love stories, so while I was not much impressed by the start of the book, I wanted to see where it's taking me. I enjoyed the meeting of Manav and Madhu at Kanpur railway station and the fact that they both had their birthdays on February 14th. The whole time they were planning their secret marriage, I was waiting for that plot twist where Villian enters and the plan goes down the drain. But it didn't happen. During the whole first half of the book, I was thinking, "Hmmmmmmmm, something's fishy; why is this story filled with all positivity?" And my fears came true when Madhu was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Even then, I didn't know that the book would affect me in such a way. The way Manav's love and dedication towards his partner were portrayed by the author was just pure magic. He was with his wife at every point in time; even when he was broken from the inside, he was trying to heal her and make her happy.

I was choked with emotions when Madhu eventually forgot Manav and even herself, and the heartwrenching reaction of Manav. My tears were not stopping. I was feeling heartbroken for Manav. The ending was something I can't describe in words. I don't know why this story affected me so much, but I have always been a lover of "love" itself, and this pure depiction of love moved me in ways I can't describe. I was truly and fully satisfied with the ending. It couldn't have been any better.

This was my first book by the author, and believe me, I am fan.