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At first I thought this was a shallow romance but it evolves into a meaningful story about connecting to others, relationships, family friendships, social risks, anxiety and working through the tragedies in our lives and finding purpose whether it's art, baking. Film, writing, or other ways. It's very beautiful and inspiring

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allylund9's review against another edition

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dark emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

I thought the characters and the way they talked/acted to be very unlikeable, and I never really got invested. . The language has also aged pretty badly, (as it is written with a lot of internet slang and pop culture references) I cannot imagine how difficult it will be to read in a couple years.

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_bethypaige's review against another edition

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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

5.0

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lilyroseknits's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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hmlongstreet's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

I had written a review on this book but it somehow got deleted so I am rewriting this.
I picked up this book because the cover had a review by Rainbow Rowell (author of Fangirl and Eleanor & Park) and she said it was a good read. This is my usual book genre, a fluffy college romance. I got invested in the story, I really did but after I had finished the book I was left with the feeling of "That's it?". The book has a promising beginning, a going somewhere middle, and a disappointing end.

Themes, characters, and stories are brought up only to be dropped in the next few sections, never to be heard from again. Even some conflicts remained unsolved and even when it was resolved I felt zero satisfaction. This is the book where you could leave out full characters and the story would not change one bit. And the main characters are just okay, the story is character-based but the development to me felt so small. I also could not find the plot, as I went through three ideas of what it could be, it is revealed so far towards the end it makes the whole story feel pointless.

I will mention something about the main character, will place a spoiler as it reveals things in the book.

I found that Penny's treatment of her mother was unjustified. I mean we find out Penny was raped and her mother didn't do anything, she also doesn't know and never learns by the end of the book. It is made out to seem like this is why Penny has a bad relationship with her mom, but it just doesn't sit right with me. This is revealed so late that it makes you think throughout Penny doesn't like her mother simply because she is a "MILF". I could go on but this would be a much longer review than it already is.

I really wanted to love this one, but after I finished it and sat with it for a few minutes I couldn't.

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ayem's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Enjoyable read with excellent characters in a slice of life romance. It’s very slow going at first and the denouement is way too fast, but is a really fun and pleasant experience overall

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danierilily's review against another edition

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funny hopeful 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

4.0

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lunxy's review against another edition

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funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

my favourite thing about this book is how distinctive the characters were! sam and penny sometimes acted in ways that annoyed me,,, but even on that level, the annoyance was enjoyable because they felt like realish people, instead of a vague impression of a few traits that only serve to move the plot forward

altho it was only a small subplot i LOVED the bits about pennys book, the paragraphs about the Anima scattered through were incredibly interesting and a real treat to read 😊

Sam and Pennys romance was very sweet, their texts to each other were funny and avoided feeling corny or stilted.

I felt the ending was a bit anticlimactic tho, even tho it was very sweet it felt like it could have used another chapter just to really tie everything in a neat bow, even so I still very much enjoyed it for what it was.

I never got Mallory tho… she had almost no redeeming qualities and i didn’t understand why penny ended up befriending her.,,.. all she did was be sorta racist and have an evil rich family 😐😐😐😐 like idc she flopped

I would have liked more closure about sams documentary tho, like does he ever show it to anyone?? what happens with the skater boy n family?? he jus kinda found out he couldn’t put it thru uni and then never brought it up again ☹️

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