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I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

20 reviews

harperruthdk's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Violence, Transphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Cursing, Death, Hate crime, and Violence

itsnotshelli's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this book is so so amazing. i've read all the books by alice oseman and they r all amazing honestly. on the blurb of this book, it sounds like they r gonna fall in love, but they don't and it's just a rly sweet story 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Alcoholism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Blood, and Violence

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Addiction, and Transphobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Homophobia, Outing, Racism, and Suicide attempt

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

I Was Born for This is a story of friendship, platonic love, believing in yourself, and making your life what you want it to be.  It centers on Jimmy—a trans boy band member—and Angel—one of his biggest fans.  Both narrators happen to be religious (Jimmy Christian and Angel Muslim), but I was pleasantly surprised to find that their religiosity was represented simply as a special part of each character’s way of thinking and was not at all preachy or uncomfortable.  Joan of Arc appears symbolically throughout the novel alongside a diverse cast of complex characters.  Buckle up for a wild ride full of tenderness and unexpected turns!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Cursing, Alcoholism, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Transphobia, Outing, and Homophobia

lyd41's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

The premise of this book was completely unique. Oseman decided to tell a story seldom told before. I loved themes of parasocial love and fandom culture and living as a celebrity and struggling with mental illness. This book would have been nice for me to read a bit younger 🥲. The exposition was a bit too slow, but the fast paced, tense, action filled ending made up for it in a way. Each character felt like a real being with motives and interests, which i enjoyed. I also thoroughly did not like some characters, just like real life!!! :D 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Stalking, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Transphobia, Self harm, Death, and Homophobia

kalzeb's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Biphobia, Self harm, Transphobia, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Homophobia

lucys_library's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

anaguana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, Stalking, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Medical content, and Racism

miaaaahh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia

Minor: Toxic relationship

nostarsleftinthesky's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

14/4/22
Probably my least favourite of Alice's purely because I didn't really like most of the characters except Bliss, Jimmy and Lister (how can you not love those three honestly). I feel everyone had really good character growth, I just really disliked Angel until maybe the last 50 pages. I do have a lot to thank this book for though because it introduced me to the amazing writing of Alice back in 2019. I feel I don't connect with these characters the same way I connect with every character in all Alice's other novels and that might me why I don't enjoy this one as much - I related to Jimmy a good few times and Juliet maybe once, but at a personal level I think this story doesn't suit me as well as their other books suit me. I probably will continue to reread because I did enjoy most of this book and it's a real page turner. It just proves that I don't really need characters I connect with to enjoy a book (though that does factor into all of my all time favourites), I just need amazing prose and plot. PLEASE CHECK TEIGGER WARNINGS AS ALWAYS <3

15/4/22
not a reread but i keep reading bicci fics and i can accept that they make this review 4.5 not 4

8/8/23
God honestly this is actually magnificent in its own little way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Transphobia, Biphobia, and Homophobia