Reviews with content warning for Medical content - A Thousand Boy Kisses

I liked this book. But I also didn’t like this book. It was definitely too cheesy and sweet for me, and I think it appeals more to teenagers or tweens than YA, but it was a good read. It did get overly cringy sometimes, and I did think it was too sweet and slightly childish at times, but it wasn’t bad. It was also very sad. I did cry at the end of the book, and teared up a lot throughout it. When reading the plot, I expected drama and an interesting storyline, but when the plot twist came, I couldn’t help but think it was predictable and overused. There was nothing special about the plot that hasn’t been done hundreds of times before. The only thing that made this book different than others were the ‘boy kisses’, which I didn’t even really think was that cute. It was predictable and I was disappointed with the plot, but it wasn’t majorly annoying. I did not like the ending though. I started to read the last chapter and the epilogue, and thought I would love it, but I truly believe Rune did not have to die. I think it would have been so much more beautiful if he were to live his life in the way Poppy wanted him to and find love again. I didn’t like him dying. It was also annoying that we didn’t find out why or how he died, he just did in his sleep. I also did not like Rune, nor his relationship with Poppy. I thought it was too obsessive and possessive. From a young age they were in love, but I hated how he was too in love with her to never kiss anyone else or want anyone else. It seemed like a teenage love, epic nonetheless, but not much depth or maturity to it. There were too involved in each other than they had no space for their independence or to discover who they were, because they were constantly talking about themselves like one person, in terms of “two halves of one heart.” That was too teenagery for me. It was also understandable that he was annoyed with his father for moving back to Norway, but he was so incredibly rude to him that I couldn’t help but not like him anymore. He isn’t a boyfriend I would necessarily want for myself, which is what I like in the love interest. I also hated his ‘bad boy’ stage. It wasn’t mysterious and intriguing it was just fucking annoying. He smoked too much, and that is also a major turn off for me. He also treated Poppy like shit during the time, where he would call her a bitch, yell at her, grab her. I stopped liking him when he came back. I did like all the other characters though, they were sweet and a family that I would want to be in. I did also think this book was very inspiring and beautiful, focusing on living life to the fullest and appreciating the beauty in the moments. I’m not a very ‘live laugh love’ kinda girl, but I appreciate the meaning, it was just too much it overpowered the book. The book was only focused on the tragedy, with no real plot. I also thought the writing and the dialogue was very unrealistic, and no teenager would talk like that. It made the book annoying having to read their conversations. There were also repeated things throughout the book, like her big white bow and her infinity earrings that was cute at the start but got overused way too much that I died just a little bit every time it was mentioned. It was pretty much just a cheesy teen wattpad book that got published. It just wasn’t for me or my age group, but I would recommend for younger readers who want cute teen romance that will make you cry.
“Why does it take a life ending to learn how to cherish every day?”
“You may lose half of your heart when I go, but that doesn’t give you permission to live half a life”
“When you know that something is finite, it makes it that much more meaningful”
“Live hard, love harder”

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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adventurous emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was absolutely heart wrenching but I loved every second of it. This book had me in tears from start to finish.

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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heyitsdaliiii's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Book absolutely just didn’t work for me. The pacing felt off. As the reader what happened to Poppy during those two years away from Rune seemed pretty obvious when we see her interactions with others. Later when she tells Rune what happened it was VERY early on in the story. Now this pacing has purpose (gives us time with the characters, let’s the characters experience adventures together, etc.) But for me it made a majority of the book boring. Since Rune and Poppy have been together a majority of their life a lot of their relationship is “pure” in a way that makes their interactions cheesy. And I love sweet gestures/sayings in my romance but these phrases show up what feels like every single page. The constant of them made me more annoyed than anything. Then the ending to me felt wildly inappropriate.

I don’t like that Rune wasn’t able to find romantic love after Poppy and was essentially alone for a decade after she died, until he himself died. Ugh. Really wanted to love this one and wanted to cry but I never got more than misty.

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