While I was making some metal hand-stamped keychains for my Etsy shop I looked for a movie to watch and ended up watching Our Chemical Hearts. I recognized the actor who plays Henry (Austin Abrams) as the guy who plays Dash in Dash & Lily on Netflix and of course he plays Ethan from Euphoria .

I didn’t read the book that is the basis for the movie but I remember seeing the title around years ago. Here is the synopsis from Goodreads:

Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can’t-eat-can’t-sleep kind of love that he’s been hoping for just hasn’t been in the cards for him-at least not yet. Instead, he’s been happy to focus on his grades, on getting into a semi-decent college and finally becoming editor of his school newspaper. Then Grace Town walks into his first period class on the third Tuesday of senior year and he knows everything’s about to change.

Grace isn’t who Henry pictured as his dream girl-she walks with a cane, wears oversized boys’ clothes, and rarely seems to shower. But when Grace and Henry are both chosen to edit the school paper, he quickly finds himself falling for her. It’s obvious there’s something broken about Grace, but it seems to make her even more beautiful to Henry, and he wants nothing more than to help her put the pieces back together again. And yet, this isn’t your average story of boy meets girl. Krystal Sutherland’s brilliant debut is equal parts wit and heartbreak, a potent reminder of the bittersweet bliss that is first love.

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Here’s the trailer for the movie which you can find on Amazon Prime Video

The movie is sad ☹️. Grace is going through some major stuff and Henry is falling in love with her. It was not going to be an easy happy ending for these two. But do they learn about themselves in the journey of their relationship? Definitely. I think it was a good movie, but like I said – it’s a sad one. I liked Henry’s friends though, they were a cute, and quirky bunch.

Have you read the book or watched the movie?

~ Yolanda