Book review: Let Love Have the Last Word

Book: Let Love Have the Last Word
Author: Common, narrated by Common
Dates read: December 22-23, 2019

This was a powerful book about, of course, love; also the mistakes we make along the way, redemption, and shutting up when others need to speak. Common’s narration of his own story felt like peeking right into his head as he shared his struggles, his failures, and his successes as he explores what it means to really, truly let love have the last word.

I have struggled with love; loving others fully, and allowing myself to be loved. Love feels vulnerable. It feels unreliable. It feels unsafe. 

It has taken me a lot of years and a lot of work to get to a place where love is healing; where it feels reliable and safe. Common’s words reflected everything that is true and perfect about love.