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BOOK REVIEW RUNDOWN: THE COUPLE


📖BOOK TITLE: THE COUPLE

📖AUTHOR: HELLY ACTON 

📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: 
#NinetyFourthBookOf2024
Let's start with this question from Helly's reading group question: If Oxytoxin existed, would you take it? NO! BIG NO. Our feelings are not illnesses.

The Couple was one of those books that made me think a lot after I finished reading it, and, P.S., it's more of a dystopia than a romance. This book turns the table around on relationships and singlehood. Have you ever thought about what will happen if couples are shamed? It is a very weird concept, like when you tell someone you are in a 'couple'  and they will begin asking you questions about your wellbeing and stuff like that.

But even as uncomfortable as this book made me feel, I saw and understood what Helly was trying to portray: a parallel world, a world that is quite the opposite of ours.

And with this illustrated parallel world, you'll begin to understand that: 1. You can't shame people for their choices. 2. You can't pity people because of their relationship status. 3. You can be in a relationship and live your best life. You can also be single and live your best life. I can go on and on about the lessons I took from this book. 

Don't allow anybody to shame you for being single!!

📖RATINGS: 3 STARS ⭐⭐⭐

📖QUOTES:
We are the product of our own choices,and the architects of our lives.

We should all care less about how others live their lives and focus on what makes us feel fulfilled.

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