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Some readers dislike the portion of the story where the mother sneaks into her grown son's home. One ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' reviewer states that ''Love You Forever'' is a divisive children's book. "Either it moves you to tears and you love it, or it makes your skin crawl and you detest it..."<ref>[http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=370&cpage=1 Morris, Alison, Love You Forever, Hate You Forever, ''Publishers Weekly'', May 6, 2008]</ref> A commentator wrote "it's either a touching account of a mother's unending love or the ultimate helicopter parenting gone bad."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moms.popsugar.com/Truth-Behind-Love-You-Forever-31923286|title=The Emotional True Story Behind "Love You Forever" Adds a New Layer to the Sweet Book|first=Amanda|last=Prahl|date=Dec 29, 2019|website=POPSUGAR Family|accessdate=Feb 8, 2020}}</ref> |
Some readers dislike the portion of the story where the mother sneaks into her grown son's home. One ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' reviewer states that ''Love You Forever'' is a divisive children's book. "Either it moves you to tears and you love it, or it makes your skin crawl and you detest it..."<ref>[http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=370&cpage=1 Morris, Alison, Love You Forever, Hate You Forever, ''Publishers Weekly'', May 6, 2008]</ref> A commentator wrote "it's either a touching account of a mother's unending love or the ultimate helicopter parenting gone bad."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moms.popsugar.com/Truth-Behind-Love-You-Forever-31923286|title=The Emotional True Story Behind "Love You Forever" Adds a New Layer to the Sweet Book|first=Amanda|last=Prahl|date=Dec 29, 2019|website=POPSUGAR Family|accessdate=Feb 8, 2020}}</ref> |
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In 2020, playwright [[Topher Payne]] released an alternate ending for the book, which he titled ''Love You Forever & I'll Call Before I Come Over'', with art in the style of the original. In Payne's version, the son installs security bars on his windows; he subsequently explains to his mother that although he still loves her, he also needs personal space. Payne subsequently stated that "taken as metaphor, ''Love You Forever'' is beautiful, a mother's devotion. Taken literally, the mother is a little nuts." |
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<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kirch |first1=Claire |title=Playwright's Revisions of Classic Picture Books Go Viral |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/84128-playwright-s-revisions-of-classic-picture-books-go-viral.html |website=Publishers Weekly |accessdate=16 September 2020 |date=20 August 2020}}</ref> |
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