okay so i went through a lot of ups and downs with this book. like initially i was burning through and absolutely eating up the metaphors and then i reached a point (leaf) where it lost me. but honestly towards the end i came back again. am i completely in love and obsessed with this book? absolutely not. but i will say there was a lot of beauty in the way heti talks about love and the individual experience, and how that can change a relationship. the last page was sweet and special. maybe i'll reread it in a year. maybe not.