Review: Love comes Later: There's Always A Choice
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 13, 2012
We all know, and I keep saying it: I don't like romance novels. I sure read a lot of them though...feel free to wonder why.I do.This is not just a romance novel.Perhaps, this says something about what I view as a romance novel.Good books can have romance in them, but they're not solely driven by love between two people.Unless, they are an exploration of love, and what it means. Which for me, turns a romance into a bit of philosophy.I enjoy philosophy. I enjoy books that make me think, take an alternate stance on something, or books that make me examine my own behaviours and attitudes.There are some very sad aspects to this tale, that make me cry as much as Grey's Anatomy on a weekly basis.I know, I know, Grey's Anatomy??? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's cliche, and perhaps the most North American thing about me... I still prefer that a book makes me cry, not a TV show, or a movie. This one did.So we're going to forget about the sad parts.Why?Because it's my alter-naimeless reality and I say we can. After all, it's just a story, one that tugs at your heart-strings, and one that makes you ponder existence, love and the meaning of life.It's not a book to pick up lightly and expect to give you a few hours of entertainments. While the page count isn't all that long, it's very dense. Dense in a great way, a way that makes you consider the world, and your own world at the same time.It also made me feel like cooking, and varying my diet. I'm always looking to experiment with food, and I find cooking and baking are one of the few ways I get to think clearly. I'm sure that all the aromas have something to do with it, and cooking can fix anyone's mood as fast as you can fry bacon. So here's the recipe that reminds me of this book. I'm not really sure why, but the smell of it cooking makes me feel at home.Ingredients1 kg chicken tandoori. recipe here4 tbsp tandoori sauce40o gr skinned and chopped tomato,3o gr butter tsp cumin powder1 tsp coriander seed powder1 tsp red chili powder tsp dried fenugreek leaf (kasuri methi )2 finely chopped green chili pepper120 ml water4 tbsp cremesalt to tasteAll the instructions to cook it can be found here, and their blog and recipes are really fun, and interesting. A great friend from Aagaard Farms introduced me to them.Some one once told me that there is always a choice. They followed that by stating that often both choices suck. I felt a bit like that when reading this story. I also think I got a glimpse into a world I may never live within, but now feel closer to.I've always thought that love is universal. You'll have to read my review of Torn Together for a giant tirade on the definition of love. For this book though, if we forget momentarily that the definition of love is murky at best, we can concentrate on that portion of the story which is derived from the idea of choice.There's always a choice. When neither one is a happy one, or every path results in someone being hurt, suddenly the stress we put on ourselves to simply choose can become immense.I don't have answers to all the questions, but I do think that whatever choice one makes, they still have to be able to live with it. For me, and I think for the characters in the book, it has also meant that neither head nor heart are a sure bet.You'll just have to read the book to find out if it's one, both, or neither at the same time.