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The Love Haters: A Novel by Katherine Center

43 reviews

ilkjen's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I may be doomed to love Katherine Center’s romances while hating a major plot device in the pair’s unnecessary angst. This is my second of her novels and while Katie and Hutch were a dream, Cole ruined a lot of it. Without being spoilery, the role he played in their relationship was uncalled for and he dragged Katie down with him for far too long. So stupid.

But damn, do I need a Beanie in my life!

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meghanm404's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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squidney1317's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

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bookmarkedtbr's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

Ahhhhhh I ADORED THIS BOOK!!! All of the characters were amazing, I was on the edge of my seat waiting for a kiss, waiting for a reveal, and waiting for a rescue. This was an A+ audiobook with narrators who brought the characters to life and kept the story moving. No production issues! Katherine Center is such a constantly amazing author. Everyone who likes romance needs to read her books and even if you don’t, I guarantee her plot lines will pull you in!! I also want to take a moment to say THANK YOU for not putting lyrics in the book! I’m sorry but they’re always so awkward to listen to on audio and the point came across without them.

Tropes: quasi-workplace romance, black cat x golden retriever energy, only one bed but it’s the dog’s fault

FMC: Katie, documentary filmmaker, closed off, past hurts, tries to hide from the world, might be losing her job so she really needs this assignment to go well even though she doesn’t know how to swim and the MMC is expecting his estranged brother

MMC: Hutch, coast guard rescue swimmer, reluctantly internet famous for saving Jennifer Aniston’s dog, extremely helpful and selfless, cares deeply about his family, wants to reconnect with his brother and not this random woman who looks *way* too good in a swimsuit and gets him to open up about things he never discusses

DMC (dog main character): George Bailey, Great Dane, terrified of thunder, loves jumping onto Katie from a full run, likes to hold toads in his mouth

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jcrawford31's review against another edition

2.0

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kyleethecatlady's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

I loved this book! It took me a bit to get started after picking it up from the library, but I’m so glad I read it! Katie is a very relatable main character. I love her friendship with Beanie. Rue and the gals are a great addition. I love a group of friendly meddling elderly people 😂
I also really enjoy how Hutch and Katie’s relationship develops and how Hutch and Cole’s relationship evolves.
Katherine Center has a great author’s note at the end of the book. This book really does includes romantic love but also friendship, family, found family 💖

A main point of the book is Katie’s relationship with her body and recovering from an eating disorder. This could be a trigger for some!

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kelseyfontaine's review against another edition

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

I don’t really know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this. I didn’t connect with the FMC at all, and everything felt extremely underdeveloped even though the book felt like it dragged on. I even thought about not finishing it, but I forced myself through it. I didn’t pick up on a romantic spark between the leads until it was too late, and by then, there wasn’t much redemption left. Everything felt very predictable and cliché, which isn’t normally like Katherine Center in my experience. It honestly felt like a book that could’ve been written in a week. On the positive side, I did love Rue and Hutch as characters and they definitely made it somewhat tolerable to get through. There were some good parts, but not enough to the point where I would recommend this over some other books out right now.

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chewy__stuff's review against another edition

The plot of this is nonsense. Not her best work. Objectification of MMC juxtaposed with FMC's descriptions of body dysmorphia = tiresome. I guess it felt like my personal trauma was being used as a plot device. Still! I read it in like twelve hours.

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dhanarun's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective

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xyln's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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

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