I was alone for a whole day yesterday and decided I’d spend an “unwind/do nothing physically or mentally strenuous day“, watching all the movies I knew my husband wouldn’t want to watch. 😂
So… I indulged BIG TIME! I watched 4 horror/thrillers (The Wailing (meh…), Anabelle – the first one and it was a rewatch from but I didn’t remember barely any of it so it was fresh again and scary!!, Caliber<— excellent thriller 4 stars easy!! and “The Endless“<— sci-fi thriller about a cult – also an excellent 4 stars) and three romance-ish (and I say that tentatively because they were more love stories that go wrong or just…you know. Lots of growth and discovery).
But the one that struck me the most was —> I Love You Forever <— which I will never forget. It started like a fun romcom and I was so invested and excited about her new sweet intense romance, but it devolved into a dark and scary romance. This is “dark romance” of a different kind. I even had to turn it off at the first “fit” he had. I was shocked!!!
I didn’t love it and I DID love it. It was triggering, SO REAL (I’ve been there before) was VERY hard for me to watch. I had to stop it a few times to recenter myself that I was NOT her, and that was not me (and HOLY MOLY am I sooooooo incredibly happy to have been blessed with my wonderful husband).
Anyway, all that to say… I was so moved by that movie, and the ENDING blew me away, that I immediately jumped online and searched everything I could on it. Like that CRAZY ending. I had to know if anyone else felt like me. If anyone was questioning that ending like I was. I didn’t see that coming.
And my research sure provided insight!! I GASPED when I saw who wrote the screenplay. CAZZIE DAVID!! She’s the infamous ex-girlfriend of Pete Davidson. You know. The one he broke up with over a text and immediately moved on to Ariana Grande. Well anyway, she also wrote the book “No One Asked For This” that likely actually inspired this intense movie. WHAT A REVEAL with its own personal real-life twist.
So… without even thinking about it further, I one-clicked it and immediately started reading.
So if you’re in the mood for a disastrous love story… WATCH IT! And read it? I dunno, I’m just 25% in and learning all about the author as a person, and I’m loving it (and strangely… relating yet again to so much that makes her… her!)
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