The Yelp
A Heartbreak in Reviews
Chase Compton
- Entertaining
- and
- touching-a
- vibrant
- memoir
- for
- anyone
- who’s
- had
- a
- broken
- heart.When
- Chase
- Compton
- met
- the
- love
- of
- his
- life
- at
- a
- dirty
- dive
- bar
- on
- Manhattan’s
- Lower
- East
- Side,
- he
- had
- no
- idea
- how
- far
- from
- comfort
- the
- relationship
- would
- take
- him.
- Their
- story
- played
- out
- at
- every
- chic
- restaurant,
- café,
- and
- bar
- in
- downtown
- New
- York
- City.
- Ravenous
- hunger,
- it
- seemed,
- was
- their
- mutual
- attraction
- to
- one
- another-until
- suddenly
- the
- appetite
- was
- spoiled,
- and
- Chase
- was
- left
- to
- pick
- up
- the
- pieces
- of
- a
- romance
- gone
- wrong.Left
- high,
- dry,
- and
- starving
- for
- affection
- (and
- cheeseburgers),
- Chase
- turned
- to
- an
- unlikely
- audience
- in
- a
- moment
- of
- desperation:
- Yelp.com.
- Detailed
- in
- the
- Yelp
- reviews
- is
- the
- story
- of
- how
- to
- survive
- a
- broken
- heart.
- Every
- meal
- and
- cocktail
- shared
- is
- a
- reminder
- of
- times
- spent
- with
- the
- ever
- elusive
-
- Him.”
- In
- recounting
- the
- bites
- devoured
- and
- the
- drunken
- fits
- of
- passion
- that
- propelled
- the
- relationship,
- the
- author
- chronicles
- his
- whirlwind
- relationship
- with
- the
- man
- of
- his
- dreams,
- revisiting
- the
- key
- places
- where
- the
- couple
- ate,
- drank,
- and
- fell
- in
- and
- out
- of
- love
- in
- the
- West
- Village
- and
- beyond.The
- Yelp
- is
- a
- memoir
- of
- personal
- transformation
- and
- self-realization,
- or
- more
- simply-a
- memoir
- of
- food
- and
- love,
- played
- out
- on
- a
- map
- of
- modern
- Manhattan’s
- culinary
- scene.
- The
- book
- includes
- the
- original
- twenty-eight
- Yelp
- reviews,
- with
- interwoven
- narrative
- chapters
- that
- provide
- context,
- insight,
- and
- delight
- to
- Chase’s story.
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