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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
informative
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
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
love reading more aroace books! queer platonic soulmate for the win🫶🏻
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
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:
No
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
As an aro person I loved this with all my heart and I will go back to this so many times I can already feel that. Marked so many lines to inspire me and because they were relatable it's actually insane.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
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:
No
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A little rough around the edges, and I could have done with fewer Taylor Swift references, but I really liked this book. The liberal arts college atmosphere was spot-on and nostalgic for me, a person who graduated from their liberal arts college four years ago. I really enjoyed Sophie and Jo and their dynamic. Ann Zhao did a great job of creating two characters who are polar opposites in so many ways and exactly the same in others. I really enjoyed the juxtaposition between how both characters made, kept, and related to their friends. I loved that this was a novel about friendship and queerplatonic love that was structured the same way as a romance novel, right down to the third-act breakup. And while the third-act conflict was ridiculous, the characters acknowledged it as such, and the resolution felt realistic and satisfying. I would absolutely recommend this book to lots of people, and I think that it's a valuable addition to the aspec literary canon.
This is exactly the type of YA (is this even YA? Idk) that I don't like. Annoying main characters that seem to have no idea how the world works. I appreciate the ace rep in this book, and maybe it's just because I don't understand what it's like, but to me they felt a bit childish in the way they responded to other people having sex. I couldn't deal with that.