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Slow Dance

Rainbow Rowell

3.86 AVERAGE


I guess I like sailors and second marriages but the story kinda dragged
emotional hopeful reflective 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

jkirchner2013's review

3.5
emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
hopeful fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters: No
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Initially, I was worried it was another ‘miscommunication is romantic’, but then they sat down and had a conversation. ❤️

Brilliant, lovely, kind and loving.

I love Cary and Shy, Junie is my hero.

This made my heart very happy. 

Minused a star purely because there was clearly some trauma stuff that could have been handled better.

But I will never not read a Rainbow Rowell.
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense 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

Only Rainbow Rowell could write a (nearly) 400 page book i can devour in a day. 

to all the haters complaining  about Shiloh….just say you hate neurodivergent folks and gtfo, ur pissing me off. ALSO to all of the Cary haters, I think shilo and cary together were perfect because Cary was always trying to understand Shiloh’s social and sensory needs instead of trying to ignore them like R*yan (derogatory), especially towards the end!  


also i loved the smut at the end highkey. it was very emotionally motivated personal to the characters which like….made it sexier.
emotional hopeful 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: No
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was a “romance” on empty. So much unnecessary fill.