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Narrator sounded like he was reading to a group of toddlers and I wanted to rip my ears off. Disappointing bc the book itself has very good reviews, but I read 90% by audiobook.

bookishlovely's review

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

tanilian's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

bisonprints's review against another edition

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funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

ekfmef's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing

5.0

A delightful book that is perfect for when you want to read something non complicated that will bring a smile to your face. It's really hard to pull this off correctly - you don't want to bore the reader, but there's not a lot of space for complicated worldbuilding or intrigue. But Ashwick carefully crafts this lighthearted tale, add just enough serious undertones to keep the suspension of disbelief alive, and suddenly there's the end.

beastlybrooke's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted slow-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

5.0

flowermel3's review against another edition

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The framing is already not suiting the narrative, trying to frame Ambrose as unreasonable, childish, the digs at how he's not socialable or charming just come across as cruel and his 'friends' not liking who he is as a person rather than a flaw and putting him in the wrong it also doesn't fit especially when eli's POV keeps proving he is actively doing exactly what Ambrose is thinking. The way Ambrose's 'best friend' is always forcing him into situations and acting like he's unreasonable. You can tell even the author knew this because

Ambrose punching eli

was so out of left lane and just biazze, followed up by the other characters

immediately butting in trying to force Ambrose to apologise, calling him punchy

instead of creating a narrative that fit and deserved that, the author just brute forced it in. Blah pass

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