Jonathan Samuel's Reviews > The Caretaker

** spoiler alert ** I haven’t read anything by this author but this grabbed me from the beginning and the next thing I knew I was half way through it. I’m not one for the amnesia troupe but this was really good and done the most realistic imo. The hurt/comfort was all there and I loved that. The story told over two different timelines and two povs really brought this story together. I was rooting for Noon and Solace the whole time and for Noon to regain his memories!! I’m not a parent but the loss of Gavin felt so real to me and how Noon always included him in the present even though he was gone, made me ugly cry. Also the theme of “Tears of Heaven” by Eric Clapton?! The saddest song ever in history? I am unwell 😢

FUCK CHEATERS. Fuck you Patrick. Fuck you stacey.

I didn’t even read the bonus with Patrick because FUCK YOU. But atlas this story was great and I’ll definitely by checking out more by this author. There were some toxic codependency that I didn’t know I was into?! ☺️ 🙈

As always some of my favorites:

“Who takes care of the caretaker?”

“That night I dreamt of vinyl records and dancing in the snow. I dreamt of “Tears in Heaven.” And in between those dreams, Solace’s warm breath tickled against my ear as I imagined he whispered, “You once took care of me, now it’s my turn to take care of you.”

“Who were we if not theirs? Who would we be once the rings came off?”

“You loved him,” I said gently. “With all of me. He came into my life at a time when I had both feet off the ledge. He caught me as I was falling.”


And now what do you want?” “A second chance,” he said, now looking at me directly. “It doesn’t need to be the same, doesn’t need to be exactly as it used to be. I’d settle for a second chance at loving him. At being loved by him. In fact, it wouldn’t be settling at all.”