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kaylareadsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Naomi is a liar. Naomi is in love with Ely. Ely loves Naomi, just not in the way she wants him too. Ely is gay. Naomi and Ely have been best friends for basically their entire lives. That is until Ely kissed Naomi’s boyfriend and s***t hits the fan.
When I first purchased my copy of Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, I really thought this was going to be a book where the straight girl best friend tries to “turn” her gay boy best friend straight. And for the beginning of the book, thats what I felt it was. Until I realized it wasn’t.
It’s about Naomi giving up this dream that her and Ely will someday get married. It’s about Ely becoming his own person. It’s about Naomi and her mom moving on from her dads horrible affair. It’s about Naomi learning that lying is just as hard as telling the truth. It’s about Ely learning that he more than just being Naomi’s best friend, he can have his own relationship out of her. It’s about Naomi loosing control of things she always tries to control. It’s about Naomi and Ely realizing that they love each other in the purest way possible, as best friends.
This isn’t a romance novel. While both characters do get their happily ever after with their significant other, its about them learning about their eighteen year friendship. And how in college things change, I love how these characters are in college.
Yes, Ely was wrong to kiss Naomi’s boyfriend. And Naomi shouldn’t be convinced that Ely will magically, one day, want to love her in the way she wants to be loved.
There were points were both characters, Naomi and Ely, infuriated me. They can be so mean and horrible to each other. They both are a bit self-absorbed.
The writing style was something I wasnt used to. I’m not exactly sure how to describe it, but it was something I hadn’t experienced before in a book.
After I finished the book, I watched the movie that night. Victoria Justice plays an AMAZING Naomi and Pierson Fode plays a great Ely. Victoria was able to capture Naomi’s wacky personality and Pierson was able to show Ely’s will to explore his sexuality.
There were some inconsistencies in the movie with the book:
Bruce The Second:
In the book he is a math or economy major, but in the movie he’s a film major.
Ely’s Moms:
In the movie they are so extremely tense, I wasnt able to pick up on that in the book.
Naomi’s Mom:
In the book, she doesn’t really get out of bed at all but in the movie she gets out of bed more.
Then we have the things they captured really well. Naomi and Ely’s relationship, Bruce The First is the MOST CREEPY WEIRDO ever just like how he is in the book. Gabriel is amazing in both the book and the movie.
Out of all book to movie adaptations, I think this is one of the best I have seen so far.
I highly recommend this book to anyone. (P.S. I dont think you're supposed to like any of the characters.)
When I first purchased my copy of Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List, I really thought this was going to be a book where the straight girl best friend tries to “turn” her gay boy best friend straight. And for the beginning of the book, thats what I felt it was. Until I realized it wasn’t.
It’s about Naomi giving up this dream that her and Ely will someday get married. It’s about Ely becoming his own person. It’s about Naomi and her mom moving on from her dads horrible affair. It’s about Naomi learning that lying is just as hard as telling the truth. It’s about Ely learning that he more than just being Naomi’s best friend, he can have his own relationship out of her. It’s about Naomi loosing control of things she always tries to control. It’s about Naomi and Ely realizing that they love each other in the purest way possible, as best friends.
This isn’t a romance novel. While both characters do get their happily ever after with their significant other, its about them learning about their eighteen year friendship. And how in college things change, I love how these characters are in college.
Yes, Ely was wrong to kiss Naomi’s boyfriend. And Naomi shouldn’t be convinced that Ely will magically, one day, want to love her in the way she wants to be loved.
There were points were both characters, Naomi and Ely, infuriated me. They can be so mean and horrible to each other. They both are a bit self-absorbed.
The writing style was something I wasnt used to. I’m not exactly sure how to describe it, but it was something I hadn’t experienced before in a book.
After I finished the book, I watched the movie that night. Victoria Justice plays an AMAZING Naomi and Pierson Fode plays a great Ely. Victoria was able to capture Naomi’s wacky personality and Pierson was able to show Ely’s will to explore his sexuality.
There were some inconsistencies in the movie with the book:
Bruce The Second:
In the book he is a math or economy major, but in the movie he’s a film major.
Ely’s Moms:
In the movie they are so extremely tense, I wasnt able to pick up on that in the book.
Naomi’s Mom:
In the book, she doesn’t really get out of bed at all but in the movie she gets out of bed more.
Then we have the things they captured really well. Naomi and Ely’s relationship, Bruce The First is the MOST CREEPY WEIRDO ever just like how he is in the book. Gabriel is amazing in both the book and the movie.
Out of all book to movie adaptations, I think this is one of the best I have seen so far.
I highly recommend this book to anyone. (P.S. I dont think you're supposed to like any of the characters.)
lindsey_kerrigan's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 It wasn't masterful but I really liked it. I really liked Naomi as a character but Bruce the Second and Ely's story line was by far my favorite. Robin and Robin came in a close second. Order of perspectives I liked, 1. Bruce the Second 2. Naomi 3. Guy Robin. Ya I liked it
angparc's review against another edition
2.0
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UPDATE: The movie was good, really good.
Toda la premisa del libro me llamo la atención, parecía interesante y novedoso, pero tuve un problema con la escritura y el desarrollo de la historia. Los autores no tomaron el tiempo suficiente para tratar de dar una introducción, solo comenzaron, y aunque en muchas ocasiones funciona, esta vez no lo hizo. El personaje de Naomi era insoportable y quejoso, otras historias secundarias no eran necesarias, lo único que salva al libro es la relación entre Ely & Bruce y ver finalmente como resulta todo entre Naomi & Ely.
Hay una adaptación que me tiene emocionado, la película puede que funcione mucho mejor que el libro.
UPDATE: The movie was good, really good.
Toda la premisa del libro me llamo la atención, parecía interesante y novedoso, pero tuve un problema con la escritura y el desarrollo de la historia. Los autores no tomaron el tiempo suficiente para tratar de dar una introducción, solo comenzaron, y aunque en muchas ocasiones funciona, esta vez no lo hizo. El personaje de Naomi era insoportable y quejoso, otras historias secundarias no eran necesarias, lo único que salva al libro es la relación entre Ely & Bruce y ver finalmente como resulta todo entre Naomi & Ely.
Hay una adaptación que me tiene emocionado, la película puede que funcione mucho mejor que el libro.
kkdemarco's review against another edition
3.0
Overall, I liked Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. I picked this book up because I love both Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, so I had high hopes for it. What I liked about it: exploring the love of true friendship in addition to the love in relationships, the beauty of some passages, the character of Ely, the various pop culture references. What was "ehh" about it: it was told from too many perspectives for such as short novel, Naomi's character was not my favorite, and it was a bit predictable.
lakien's review against another edition
Como que um livro só tem tanto personagem insuportável, ugh
ckausch's review against another edition
3.0
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List is the 2nd book co-written by the authors of Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist. Like Nick and Nora, this book alternates chapters written from different character POVs, although this one involves more than just the 2 main characters. Naomi and Ely are young adults who have grown up next to each other in the same NYC apartment building. While Ely have been out for years, Naomi still has a dream of the 2 of them falling in love and living happily ever after. In the meantime, they have a list of boys they have agreed are off limits to both of them in order to keep their friendship happy. But the list might not be thorough enough, because Naomi's world is shaken when Ely kisses someone not officially on the list. When this happens, not only must they deal with the consequences of that kiss, but Naomi also has to be honest with herself about the fact that her best friend is gay and will never be in love with her. She also can't keep ignoring the fact that her mom is hiding in bed, refusing to deal with her divorce.
I love the characters that Rachel and David write, both separately and together. They are always real, imperfect, and feel like they could step off the page. I had a bit of a hard time believing that a girl who's grown up in modern day NYC can believe her gay best friend will eventually fall in love with her, but Rachel and David made me buy into it by the end of the book. It's a fun read, interesting exploration of friendships and falling in love and sexuality.
I love the characters that Rachel and David write, both separately and together. They are always real, imperfect, and feel like they could step off the page. I had a bit of a hard time believing that a girl who's grown up in modern day NYC can believe her gay best friend will eventually fall in love with her, but Rachel and David made me buy into it by the end of the book. It's a fun read, interesting exploration of friendships and falling in love and sexuality.
emilymorgan02's review against another edition
3.0
Hmmmmm...I loved parts of this book and hated others. It was a little on the edgy side for me, but I did love the characters and the cleverness of Levithan as a writer. He does some beautiful things with his characters...really very talented.
ambi925's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. It was sometimes confusing reading all the different peoples stories but I loved the way this story was written and the true love behind it. Even though it wasn't a sexual love it was a great story about true friendship
shaked_reads's review against another edition
1.0
Well, I am going to review this book soon... but not now, I'm not angry enough at the moment. This book just drove me nuts. The amount of eye-rolling I did throughout reading it could probably enter some Guiness world record book!!!