Reviews

Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler

sianeg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bonnie3088's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Started this book because of the show first. 

It is a great read if you want to feel seen, especially if you're confused about life and being aware of being alone in it. 

You dont have to know or relate to the whole kitchen/server lifestyle to get into it. 

The romance was really good, I felt like I grew with the characters realizations on what she needed and didn't need or what she had misperceptions about. 

Over all this book is worth picking up and worth sitting with longer after finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Sexual content

johannaliest's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

camillehkiel's review against another edition

4.0

I wish I could give this book 4.5 stars because it really was so good. Perfectly described the restaurant experience, the NYC experience, the fresh out of college and feeling lost experience, and was written beautifully. Def recommend!!

bellaw_7's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

charlottemary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

taylorwoodruff's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

skzats_we's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

commonworm's review against another edition

5.0

Heavily drawn to this book being in the industry myself. Although exaggerated for my scene, this book was incredibly relatable, hit all the notes of growth and excitement within the restaurant, had extreme characters which although sometimes ridiculous, were so real at the same time. A beautiful coming of age story, where you can have it all and more one day, to having nothing the next. With the world still spinning, with or without you.

kjersa's review against another edition

3.0

3.5/5

Accurate depictions of higher-end food service (everyone is mildly: unlikable, addicted to substances, intelligent, gross, hot, and have wildly varying degrees of affection toward each other).

Intense (in the way food service is, maybe stressful is the word) and made me grind my teeth. Also captured some of the ugliness of the early 2000s well.

It was like good/fine.