Reviews

Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden

kaiserlich's review

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

Loved Amina’s and Luca’s friendship so much. 

martapaviaa's review

4.0

3,5 en realidad, cute and fast.

lachiewest's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

brainpieces's review

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.5

This was a wonderful book to read. I loved the characters, the journey and how it ended; although I was concerned it was going to go another way so I'm happy it ended how it did.
I thought it was really well paced and hit on a lot of topics that people can feel and go through no matter their age, I believe the author after finishing the book wondered if he just wrote about his situation, because of that I think a lot of people can take something away from this.

A small thing but, I am so happy with how the father was written in this story. A lot of books like to make parents unapproachable or useless when I was a teen but in recent years parents in books have been written so much better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent and Toxic friendship

Minor: Xenophobia

kathleenes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.5

A great story about change and growing up and a lot of other things. I truly enjoyed this one. I didn’t know much about it when I started, but I loved the Aussie slang and how relatable it is, even if the generation is different to mine and I grew up in a different part of Australia, I recognised so much of that Aussie teenage-dom. 

flosunshine's review against another edition

3.5

Really good! So sweet, loved the friendships and characters, i really like to see the characters grow!!
My main issue is that it’s really insta-lovey, the couple it’s really cute but overall i don’t think i fully get why they fell for each other past the physical attraction point.
Still highly recommend if you want a light read!

riyamittal's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

matthiasdj's review

5.0

This was awesome, one of my favorites so far!

rustbeltredux's review against another edition

4.5

As I’ve said about a gazillion times, I’m a sucker for a well written boy meets boy and this one definitely ticked all my boxes. A beautiful story of overcoming adversity, even when it comes at you again and again and again, the only bad thing I can say is that it’s really hard to read with constant tears in my eyes. Absolutely unputdownable.