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Technically, You Started It by Lana Wood Johnson

marieintheraw's review against another edition

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4.0

ON THE PAGE BISEXUAL AND DEMISEXUAL REPRESENTATION. *insert that gif of the lady raising her hands in praise* ehhm. the reader will clearly know more than the protagonist, but in some books, that isn't such a bad thing.

I got an ARC of this book at Bookcon via the publisher; all opinions are my own.

silver_anchor4's review against another edition

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Short, nice and cute. Recommend the audiobook.

jessicarose's review against another edition

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4.0

This was so cute!!

melissch's review against another edition

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4.0

THIS WAS SO CUTE. Super fluffy, super fast. I squealed multiple times.
I might start using “burrito clown” idk

luna_bear's review

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funny lighthearted fast-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

3.0

lindaixchel's review against another edition

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3.0

My problem with this was the format. Above anything else it was how repetitive and dull it made the story, rendering it unlikable. It sounded so fun at the beginning

heather_19's review against another edition

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4.0

This book was really cute and I liked the text format instead of paragraphs. Interesting way to follow a story.

diffybooks's review against another edition

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3.0

enjoyable and related to some parts

indigoivee's review against another edition

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3.0

There’s very little that I didn’t like about the book. It was brilliantly and very originally written. I haven’t quite read a book that was entirely based around text messages, it kind of made it very interesting that we didn’t know what was happening in real life, much like how our main character, Haley was blinded. I loved how from the beginning the conversation between them was flowy and so unawkward. I love how they got to know each other without much biased. I also love the confusion of the two cousin Martin Nathaniel Munroe II, genuinely thought that was hilarious.

I don’t know if you’d call it a love triangle or an enemies to lovers trope, because maybe it was both and maybe it was neither, but it was definitely interesting to read and feel very involved in. It was super cute and romantic but also fast paced and intense. I loved it so much honestly. I love that our main characters were both LGBT without it being their main attributes, I loved how they were both smart and that they were both keen on getting to know one another.

Ugh, I don’t know what else to say without outright spoiling, but it was cute and fun and sweet and awkward and super interesting!

Favourite quote: “Either every guy I’ve ever started to like doesn’t know or, more likely, doesn’t care.”

tracy713's review against another edition

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1.0

This was terrible. I think it’s entirely possible for an author to write an engaging novel that is told entirely through text. Johnson is not that author. The text messages are too disjointed to understand what’s happening. I understand that there would have to be some reading between the lines and realizing that the characters will be referring to events and conversations that we as readers haven’t witnessed, but so much was left out that I kept wondering if I’d somehow skipped a page or two. I only got 1/3 of the way through the book before giving up, and at that point I still didn’t have a sense of who the characters were, and I hadn’t been made to care about them.