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The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

14 reviews

friedfae's review

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

2.75

Stella's autism is written more like a flaw that needs to be fixed, when really that's just how she perceives and interacts with the world around her. I had a few issues with the pacing with book, like the immediate jump into sex then it tapers off pretty rapidly the closer you get to the end of the book. It felt like the plot was forgotten about and needed to be rushed to tie up any loose ends. 

When Michael and Stella "break up", Stella's decision to break all her routines and do the opposite was confusing as it would cause a breakdown in most autistic people. The irritation of the tags was barely touched on as her time "rebelling" progressed.

The book had promise, but overall felt rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Vomit and Classism

heather667's review

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, and Infidelity

Minor: Stalking and Vomit

jessthanthree's review

emotional lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, Cancer, Ableism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcohol, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

helfire124's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Mental illness

jazzseeks's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.75

I am not a fan of contemporary romance usually but this is certainly the best one I've ever read. What I really loved was how relatable the Main Character was as a woman with Autism and how much <Michael loved her for the ways she was unique and not inspite of who she is>. I found the romance believable, funny, and deeply enjoyable. <Michaels family is lovely.> The only things I didn't like were how horrible a lot of the tertiary characters were such as the parents, the coworkers, the ex clients. Those parts were painful to get through and didn't always feel vital to the story or characters development. Also Helen Hoang is really pro-capitalist and I'm never into that though I enjoyed flipping the trope so that the Woman had the money.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Ableism, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Classism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Cancer, Violence, Vomit, Infidelity, Chronic illness, and Stalking

Pressure to have children, pressure to marry, comment about character looking "barely legal" , comment about "having nipples men and babies dream of"

mehezz's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Vomit

toofondofbooks_'s review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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

4.5

I thought this was for the most part a solid romance that had me swooning and laughing and sometimes crying throughout. It was so heartfelt! It was not only so nice to see an autistic leading lady, but to know that said leading lady was written by an autistic author just made me so happy. Stella jumps off the page and I can see how her character resonates with so many women on the autism spectrum. The only time I ran into trouble with this book was when it began having the tendency to lean a little too hard into the miscommunication trope. If it made a single appearance, I maybe would have been able to look past it, but it was kind of all over the place and coming up a lot. Overall though, I did love this book and I think if you want to read a unique romance novel with an autistic heroine, this is the one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Classism, Abandonment, Ableism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Vomit, Cancer, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape and Stalking

marianneiriss's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Stalking, Vomit, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness

taylorsevalia's review

emotional hopeful informative lighthearted tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Abandonment, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pedophilia and Vomit

froggybooks's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Erotica isn’t really my normal read (since the teenage fanfic years) so I struggled a bit with the writing and what metaphors were being used lol. I really enjoyed the story and was hooked by the end.

I am an autistic fem presenting person so here’s my takes:

1. “asperger’s” is the outdated term. this is brought up in the author notes at the end but has “high functioning” which is also an outdated term.
2. does this enhance the neurotypical ideology that disabled people are angelic/innocent and are so clueless about sex? i know the entire premise is autistic woman has sex but the lesson format and the fact she pays for sex might feed into this ideology that disabled people aren’t capable of having sex/relationships without paying for the service, when that is not the case majority of the time.

Aside from those points, i really enjoyed this book and the autistic representation. I found a lot of myself in Stella and i loved how consent was shown throughout the book. Also, i loved (nearly) all the characters :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Ableism

Minor: Vomit