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Book Lovers by Emily Henry

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bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

It was a little difficult to get into at the beginning. I don’t like the brand name dropping so the mention of Peloton so often started to annoy me 😂 also didn’t enjoy all the made up words are so cringey - powling, smout, smirting, scowting. 

Nora is basically Amanda from The Holiday (I love that movie and that character)! I fell in love with Nora and Charlie. The love of books and reading, trying to find a sense of belonging, being organized, and being parentified by your parents was all so relatable!

I read this in two days which is very fast for me!! The banter has me blushing and giggling, this is why enemies/rivals to lovers is my fave trope-THE WITTY BANTER AND JOKES ARE ADORABLE 😍🥹

I did not want to put this down, I had to force myself to set it aside because stupid responsibilities. The last chapters had me sobbing 😭 Even despite the rough start, I loved reading this so much that by the 50 page mark on, the “negatives” don’t even affect my rating lol Henry does it again and I can’t wait to read more from her!!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5/5)

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rinnavv's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The spice was good, however the backstory and deep sisterhood was too dramatic for my taste!
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infjkiki's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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masihludmila's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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ceruleanshelves's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

“Nora.” He just barely smiles. “You’re in books. Of course you don’t have a life. None of us do. There’s always something too good to read.”

let my girl wear her heels and drink dirty gin martinis before she pelotons!

relieved to say i really enjoyed this one! i was a bit hesitant going in, but we can thank my dad for me liking this book. why? bc every year i'm forced to watch a dozen of the hallmark christmas movies he's obsessed with, and about 80% of them have the cliche (and sexist) stereotype of the career woman in the city who's not soft enough, not family focused enough, is too high strung and uptight, and she returns to her midwest hometown to fall back in love w her ex who runs his family's jam farm and give up her empty city life and career and settle into the nuclear family.

blegh. like i wouldn't mind it so much if it wasn't always making it out to be like the woman's shortcomings that's she career-focused and doesn't yearn to be a housewife. have you seen this economy???? have you tried this dating pool????

enter book lovers. nora is the prime example of this trope; she's garnered herself the nickname "the shark" in her literary world as a persistent agent. but she doesn't see herself that way, and she can't understand why she's perceived so negatively (honestly same girl). i really identified with her esp on this; ppl are always so awed by male actors "method acting" being assholes and weirdos for their jobs and other endless stories of the egotistical control freak savants, but women are awful for prioritizing their jobs and not everyone else above it.

charlie is blessedly not at all put off by nora's straight-forward demeanor, which equals his own. i felt like their banter was so funny and witty and their level of intellect made them great matches for each other. i liked watching it develop. there were some will they won't they moments near the end that started to make it feel a bit drawn out to me, but it wrapped up nicely.

there was also a lot of family baggage that nora was working through that took the spotlight often, which i've seen before in henry's books, so i didn't mind. our relationships with our family's completely affect our romantic relationships, so it makes sense to me.

at this point i'd say emily henry is one of my fav contemp romance authors. i just jive w her characteres, the banter, and her storytelling. she also has an audiobook narrator that i like, which is always the hardest part about audiobooks for me.
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kajasversion's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Obviously a very predictable plot, but I did enjoy it as a mind numbing summer read. I was not convinced the characters acted in a way a real person would and I was a little frustrated that was a plot through the whole book, especially with the sisters. I couldn’t relate to the relationship between the sisters as in how much they loved eachother since mine is obnoxious, so I think that added to the fact I didn’t love this book. 
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raebae's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

When I read the description of this book, I didn’t think I would relate to literary shark Nora. But the number of highlighted quotes and moments that left me sobbing in my partner’s arms proves that you can’t judge an archetype by her tropes. 
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bujoxbooked's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

After reading Happy Place and loving it! I decided to continue the fun by reading Book Lovers...which did not live up to the same excitement as Happy Place.

The pace of this book just felt slow and repetitive after a while. I did like that it talked about/made fun of the romance book trope while living it haha. The drama with Libby was actually unexpected, so I do appreciate that everything was not predictable. I love a good love story, so Nora and Charlie's ending was beautiful!
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margaret_k30's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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