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diana_099's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
boisdelaire's review against another edition
1.0
★ ─── 1.5 star read.
i was probably not the public this book was aiming at. i am maybe too old to read such childish books, but man, the synopsis was not that bad, it could have had potential and good things to evoke, to point at. but it all fell SO flat, that’s definitely the worst book i’ve read in 2023, i almost dnfed it everytime i picked it up but it helped me going through some days at my job when the shift was boring, i’ll grant it that.
i understand some people will know what frank is going through and i’m definitely not evoking this part of the book, it’s everyone’s own experience, especially if you deal with what he is dealing. but the author made it so hard to identify with the frank, because frank was a vision of young people that was… very old-fashioned. not true at all. not even remotely CLOSE to reality. there are not 50 synonyms for the word phone but strangely, the author found all of them ?? the main character was SO boring, SO irritating, he was just insufferable most of the time, i hated being in his point of view to be honest. he was not like the other kids, he didn’t want to receive his university’s acceptation through his computer because it made him entitled to its screen. he did not use social medias because it rendered him passive and not intelligent. he always associated to the sister of his best friend the word sexy and it’s.. omg stop it at one point, we got it the first time.
i was probably not the public this book was aiming at. i am maybe too old to read such childish books, but man, the synopsis was not that bad, it could have had potential and good things to evoke, to point at. but it all fell SO flat, that’s definitely the worst book i’ve read in 2023, i almost dnfed it everytime i picked it up but it helped me going through some days at my job when the shift was boring, i’ll grant it that.
i understand some people will know what frank is going through and i’m definitely not evoking this part of the book, it’s everyone’s own experience, especially if you deal with what he is dealing. but the author made it so hard to identify with the frank, because frank was a vision of young people that was… very old-fashioned. not true at all. not even remotely CLOSE to reality. there are not 50 synonyms for the word phone but strangely, the author found all of them ?? the main character was SO boring, SO irritating, he was just insufferable most of the time, i hated being in his point of view to be honest. he was not like the other kids, he didn’t want to receive his university’s acceptation through his computer because it made him entitled to its screen. he did not use social medias because it rendered him passive and not intelligent. he always associated to the sister of his best friend the word sexy and it’s.. omg stop it at one point, we got it the first time.
nikfernandez17177's review against another edition
3.0
This book felt like it was going through an identity crisis
joana_stormblessed's review against another edition
2.0
Actual rating 2.5
It was middle of the road for me. I didn't care for the romantic plot line, which is a big part of this book. I did not like the cheating aspect.
I did like the family dynamics and the commentary on immigration, race and belonging.
TW: cheating, racism, cancer, shooting
It was middle of the road for me. I didn't care for the romantic plot line, which is a big part of this book. I did not like the cheating aspect.
I did like the family dynamics and the commentary on immigration, race and belonging.
TW: cheating, racism, cancer, shooting
juanitad15's review against another edition
4.0
4-4.5 stars
I thought this book was gonna be a fun little dating scheme borne from a family dilemma that’d make me all happy and stuff... but no
It ended up being partly that but it’s mostly an interesting perspective on race and racism in America. I really appreciated the fresh take and I found myself resonating with a lot of the ideas explored in this book in relation to culture and race and ethnicity and all that good jazz. It made me kinda really sad, but it was still pretty good.
And honestly, looking back on it, I don’t like frank all too much. I do appreciate the frankly puns though.
I thought this book was gonna be a fun little dating scheme borne from a family dilemma that’d make me all happy and stuff... but no
It ended up being partly that but it’s mostly an interesting perspective on race and racism in America. I really appreciated the fresh take and I found myself resonating with a lot of the ideas explored in this book in relation to culture and race and ethnicity and all that good jazz. It made me kinda really sad, but it was still pretty good.
And honestly, looking back on it, I don’t like frank all too much. I do appreciate the frankly puns though.
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
2.0
2/5
First off, this book felt longer than it was. I felt like I had been reading it for weeks. I liked the characters at first, really. Then things got complicated. I found out while reading this his book that the author of this (David Yoon) and the author of The Sun is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon) are married! Aww! So I had pretty high hopes for this book.
|-| S P O I L E R S B E L O W |-|
What happened to Frank and Brit? There was obviously an overused use of F-bombs. Seriously, what is up with people who curse that much? I wanted to put down the book when I got around the 290 page. The only thing that ket me going is that I wanted to know how it ends.
First off, this book felt longer than it was. I felt like I had been reading it for weeks. I liked the characters at first, really. Then things got complicated. I found out while reading this his book that the author of this (David Yoon) and the author of The Sun is Also a Star (Nicola Yoon) are married! Aww! So I had pretty high hopes for this book.
|-| S P O I L E R S B E L O W |-|
What happened to Frank and Brit? There was obviously an overused use of F-bombs. Seriously, what is up with people who curse that much? I wanted to put down the book when I got around the 290 page. The only thing that ket me going is that I wanted to know how it ends.
shylaja_vijendren's review against another edition
4.0
This book is about less fake dating (as stated in trailer) a lot about self discovery. I did not expect anything from it so I enjoyed, though I have a couple problem. And Q for the win!
trappedinfandomland's review against another edition
emotional
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
I feel like I am just not the target audience for this book. It was cute at times but super cringe and I really had to force myself to finish it.