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Breakup Diaries
by Maya O, Calica
Perhaps it's the most painful thing when your boyfriend would decide to call it quits on your anniversary dinner date, Ouch!
Well, written in a girl's point of view, I clearly understand how girls think and act in the given situation,
I'm not really sure about this one so I ask some of my girl friends, In my opinion, they can't move on until they meet someone better than their ex, Also, the good thing is, they're going to cry and let it all out for days but they eventually manage in holding their emotions, doing things to keep themselves busy and turning their attention to other things.
With this, they become stronger, They also come to realize that they have life to live productively knowing what's best for them,
Girls have feelings too so don't mess with them because you don't know what they can do and are capable with,
I am happy that the girl in the book has super friends and family that help and support her in healing her broken heart, The story is well written, it's light, short and basically tells what happened to her after the breakup,
What really got me is the scene when she wake up one day without any idea of what happened the night before, Just read the book if she lost it, if you know what I mean, : A good twist in the end,
Interesting book to read over a cup of coffee, i realized recently that all the summit books i passed up because i wasn't the target audience are now more suitable for me and went on a hunt for the earlys ones i'd been curious about, because i knew they would be a neat little snapshot of life in manila at the time.
this was one of them,
the weird streamofconsciousness diary syntax put me off, e, g. "am not very keen on reading any more sentences that drop subjects, prepositions, and articles so character ends up talking like caveman, " but i powered through and ended up enjoying the parts about editorial life the author was the inaugural eic of both candy and seventeen magazines and even the you've got mail via text/secret identity romance.
everything else, even the main character, felt mostly incidental to me, This is one of the most memorable books Ive read, I was entirely engrossed with Monicas life, Shes the typical girl living a simple life, happily committed and responsible, It seemed she had everything settled out for her, Until, her boyfriend broke up with her on their anniversary, That sucks! And that just where her story begins
The Break Up Diaries reminds us that theres always a rainbow after the storm,
I love the lessons that have been laid out with the story and I would highly recommend this to anyone who wants a quick and sweet read.
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"And all it took for her selfesteem to shrink from its former size XL to a diminutive, breathconstricting size XXS were three words: “This isn't working.There really is no easy way to survive a break up especially if you are the one left behind, Its nice to read books and articles about it but there is no black and white systematic instruction of how one can get past the heartache, The road to recovery is not the same for everyone, Sometimes a person would take just weeks to bounce back others take longer, months, even years, It doesn't matter if the relationship lasteddays oryears, the emotional investment you gave in the relationship will gauge your recovery process, Its a little cliché but I think there is some truth about the statement, “The more you love, the more it hurts, ”
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Monica Tanseco is a nice girl who had her heart broken by a ClassA jerk, This book is her journal entries of how she handled the break up and how she recovered from it, I did relate to her situation but I think some things she did to survive from it are a little implausible, Thinking of how she loved and adored Itos for a long time, I dont think a month was enough for her to totally get past everything.
I would have believed it if it took hermonths to reinvent herself, go into the dating scene, be in a relationship or simply enjoy being single, A month is susceptible to a rebound,
I also didn't see the difference between Monica and Monique, I had a hard time imagining Monica, how much more her alter ego, Monique Since it was written as journal entries, its hard to picture when shes being the supersweetandniceMonica to the funfearlessboldMonique.
Or maybe the break up messed up her brain really bad, Haha. Seriously, she became better but not a different person all together,
One of the characters I had fun reading was Jordasche, Yes, hes a happygoluckyguy you wouldn't ever think of bringing home to your mother but I have to admit he is so funny, I was thinking of Fabio Ide the whole time Im reading this, And I love the way Tanseco described him:
In general, the novella is light and amusing, It shows how one person can go crazy with a break up, There are people who drastically change after they've been heartbroken, I only wish that the relationship between Beach and Monica didn't happen that fast, I would still count it as rebound thinking it was just a month after Itos broke up with her, Monicas trysts with Jordasche then with Beach are not normal situations someone who moved on would go into, Or maybe, Im being judgmental, Like I say, the “moving on” phase is different for everybody, But I think we should still be smart even if were heartbroken,
And yes, Maya has a point in here:
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I remembered this book way back when I was at mayth grade, I think this is the time I was starting to devour reading at the young age, : I highly recommend it to young readers out there, . : I really liked this book, It is inspiring not only for, well, girls who are going through a break up but to girls who are in different situations,
Either happy, in love or well, hopeless romantics, I really liked the message in the end of the book,
And some of the inspiring quotes that the book has given,
Like how even though a guy broke up with you, everything would be okay because there would be someone who'll treat you betterwho'll be better and who'll make you feel like you're home.
Really nice!:D Crossposted at sitelinkThe Library Mistress
Bought this oneyears ago and absentmindedly forgot that I haven't finished it, Thanks toEleven's rack, I saw this The Breakup Diaries'sth year edition and that instantly reminded me that I actually have this at home, A friend of mine even told me, I hoard books too much and treat them like wine, but srsly, I wanted to retort that I now plan to read all my 'owned and unread' books right away, if only time will permit me to.
Oh well, I just wish it won't takeyears before I read all those books I hoarded,
Okay, now unto my real review, I have mixed feelings about this book, That is all. Perhaps, now at, same age as the protagonist, I find her a little bit immature for our age, childlike and very guarded, But that didn't stop me from reading it, it was actually wellwritten, you'll just find Tagalog words in it and that might annoy you Phoebe, don't tell me I didn't warn you haha but by large, this book is something I'd recommend to girls who devour Chick Lits as all the aspects of everything Chick Lit is in it, but yes, it's also too good to be true.
I just find it annoying that it ended that way, I almost felt the writer and publishers took away almost three chapters and jumped to the conclusion right away.
This is a breakup diary, but if you'll ask me if I'll recommend this to girls nursing a broken heart, I think, I won't, I'm kind of sure about that.
Nothing in this book will help you kiss your ex goodbye permanently except from the last chapters of the book, it will just make you feel more miserable, with the realization that some people are lucky enough to find a new job, make out with hot guys and make their dreams come true because they are heart broken.
Life is not as blissful as that, Never.
I'm glad I didn't read this when I was, else I'd be programmed to believe that breakups will bring out the best in you, because coming from personal experiences that it won't.
. . maybe, just maybe it will, but most of the time, it isn't as pleasant like that, "Since the split, you've gone out with:
a, Two boys one that ended atpm and the other with your guy best friend, with whom you've realized you could never get it on with romantically, "
b .
c .
Screw you, Monica Tanseco and your diary entries,
Yes, I've dated two guys:
One is a review friend from a distant past, we meet three years after passing the exams, What we were before, what we are now, what we will be in the future is the Talk, We see ourselves excelling in our respective fields, Yet alas, the date is bound to end at:, since my shift starts exactly atPM,
The second is my closest guy since college, the man who supported me as we made our way to the summer classes and octoberian graduation, We have had the most awkward date ever with a movie called Breaking Dawnif you are following my twitter account, you should have known my trashtalking skills: RAISED TO INFINITY
But yeah, screw the fate and unexpected events in this book.
Too unrealistic. Too mushy. Too. I guessyears difference aid in looking at a different perspective, Or maybe because the author mentioned this:
Mostly As: Go for it but give it time, The Anatomy of a Breakup, . .
Twentythreeyearold selfproclaimed nice Girl Monica Tanseco is finding out the hard way that in order to survive a breakup, you have to grow up fast, Sure, breaking up is hard to do, but who knew it involved:
Denial, followed by desperate bid to get back together involving promises to do everything to make him happy
Sever loss of sleep, appetite and selfesteem
Acute paralysis or maybe death of good judgment
Compulsive tendencies to document every event, feeling and fantasy in a manner of reporter trying to make sense of things
More compulsive tendencies to overexamine relationship carcass and overanalyze cause of death as couple
Getting a life
When her perfect boyfriend college hoop star certified hottie and young hotshot eagle Itos Ongpauco decided to call it quits, Monica, barista by day and dreamer by night, found herseld stepping out from behind the coffee counter and out of her comfort zone into the mad world of magazine publishing.
While starting out at the bottom of the food chain as the overworked, unpaid intern at "M" magazine can obliterate any trace of selfesteem, anything including bitchy bosses, temperamental photographers, rather dull but ohsohot male models is a welcome balm to her pains.
Never mind that her freebieobsessed boss treats her like an oncall,hour proxy service, Never mind, that, sometimes, when she's had too much alcohol, male models become irresistible, Never mind that, despite having just had her heart broken, the possibility of love presents itself again, It took me forever to finish reading this, primarily because I didn't like the main character, She sounded like an air head and pretty much immature halfway through the story, She was totally unrelatable. I felt like the
romance part only kicked in at the latter part of the story, which was already too late, Her Love Interest seemed a bit underdeveloped to me because he was introduced at the latter part, And that twist in the end felt like a failed attempt to make things interesting for Monica,
I rated the story withbecause there were some very funny moments with the people at M magazine, I'd probably rather read a story about Carla or Siobhan than Monica's, .