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Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

115 reviews

carlyjoann's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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valerie_kutcher's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I can’t say I didn’t enjoy this book, but I just don’t think it was meant for me either.
I do like the dynamic between Elliot and Macy, but it all felt a little predictable (doesn’t make it any less sweet).
I also listened to it as an audiobook and it was a little difficult to keep up with all the time skips back anf forth in this way, it’s probably much easier to keep up as you physically read it.

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marijajuric_'s review against another edition

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4.75

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mckayla_haesch's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

To all of you who are diehards for this book, please don’t come at me 🫶🏾

Listen, I heard so much hype about this book so of course, I had to pick it up and see for myself. It’s a friends to lovers to strangers to lovers book that bounces between the present and the future while untangling what went wrong the first time. The idea of the book was exciting, the presentation was disappointing. I figured out exactly what would happen just before halfway through, and it was just blatantly obvious. The lead up to the peak of the “reveal” as to why Elliot and Macy became distant was, to me, overdrawn and overly dramatic for what the actual reason is. And then the readers get…less than 10-15% of the book to watch them just come back together to “where they were” prior to the fallout, when either of them could technically be the victims? Not a fan. I also did not agree with how the reason Macy stopped talking to Elliot is such a prevalent thing today, and it was poorly written about and brushed over in a way that made me lose respect for the author. I’m genuinely surprised there was no TW about this because Elliot lived through traumatizing effects and just how it was presented was disturbing. Additionally, I loved Elliot’s cadence and who he was to Macy, but his character fell short of the necessary development that should’ve happened prior to their reunification and prior to the book ending. I was sorely disappointed about how this book turned out and I was surprised to see how many love it when there are so many heavy heavy topics addressed that are not given enough sensitivity.

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clareasday's review against another edition

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emotional 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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kswan77's review against another edition

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I’m glad StoryGraph gives the option of zero stars.
This book waits till the very end to use rape as a plot device, and doesn’t even acknowledge it’s rape.
Terrible, uninformed writing, I feel gross having read it.

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honeynwool's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is hard for me to review. I really enjoyed most of it and it had me sobbing at 2 AM, but I have issues with the way Elliot’s trauma was swept under the rug. He was clearly r*ped but even after learning what happened, Macy referred to it as cheating. I don’t understand why the author would have done this unless they themselves don’t understand the severity of the situation they wrote. Elliot was passed out drunk, unable to consent, and didn’t even know what had happened until someone told him several days later. And the author is trying to pass it off as “accidental cheating”?? It would have been a 4 star book if this plot line was better handled, but I just can’t get over it.

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