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Why We Broke Up, By: Daniel Handler, Illustrated by: Maira Kalman

5/14/2016

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       ​Min Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. Two bottle caps, a movie ticket, a folded note, a box of matches, a protractor, books, a toy truck, a pair of ugly earrings, a comb from a motel room, and every other item collected over the course of a giddy, intimate, heartbreaking relationship. Item after item is illustrated and accounted for, and then the box, like a girlfriend, will be dumped.
       Why We Broke Up (87%) is one of the better YA contemporaries I have read in a while. Min's story is a beautiful one of love and loss, and was written beyond comparison. She really grows throughout the story, and the flow of it is written really well.
       First of all, I absolutely loved Min. She was a little quirky, lovable, and a very realistic character. I love when an author writes a character who could walk up to you on the street and you would be like, "Yeah. Alright. Cool." This is definitely something I look for when reading about characters.
       What I really loved about the story, however, was the fact that it was written as a letter reflecting on Min and Ed's relationship through items. Each item in Min's box has a connection to something different in their relationship, and to think that a relationship could be relived through different objects is a really amazing concept. It added a whole other element that really just tied up every little part of the story.

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Love,
​Ashton
I'm telling you why we broke up, Ed. I'm writing this letter, the whole truth of why it happened. And the truth is that I goddamn loved you so much." 
-Daniel Handler, Why We Broke Up
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