A love story about a woman who’s distraught about her past (rightly so), who then meets tragedy again when her fiancé, after a Hollywood romance, leaves her with no explanation. She creates misfortunes cookies to deal with her anger, coating them in bittersweet chocolate to make them taste bad on top of delivering a negative fortune.
This novel was a little simple for me as I usually enjoy philosophical novels with more complexity. But sometimes we have to give our minds a rest - and our hearts a workout - and that’s exactly what happened....I cried at the beginning and I think I felt my heart move a few times throughout.
The first half of the novel was a delight – funny, romantic, with a little mystery. Then, at some point, as mentioned, I did get bored with the simplicity. However, it picked up again near the end with a bit of a revelation: of all the bad things that happen, most people blame themselves and live with regret which is a tragedy on top of the bad thing that has happened.
The misfortune cookie on the cover says “some people are lucky in love, you aren’t one of them”, and the whole premise of these cookies is just brilliant (thank you to the author). Like in The Gargoyle, the idea is that you have to face, again, the scene of the crime (both novels involve car accidents) to move past tragedy. Maybe in order to induce positive thinking – and a positive life - we should come to terms with, or play with, negative thoughts through humour and kindness.
Have patience: rainy days will soon return.
An apple a day keeps the doctor way. You should invest in an apple orchard.
You will soon fall in love. Caution: when people fall, something usually breaks.
Yesterday was the high point of your life. Sorry.
If you thought things were looking up, you were upside down.
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