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The Breakup Lists

Adib Khorram

3.93 AVERAGE

katarina_813's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad tense fast-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

ganthony's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sadpendragon's review against another edition

3.25

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

this was a really fun quick queer and diverse romance read, and well written. i loved the disability rep. and bowie, you were the best.

but overall i definitely would’ve liked it more if i had read it when i was a bit younger.

what i disliked the most was the whole trope of the LI having to go for the MC’s sibling even though they’re into the MC, but mainly when it goes way too far; just like in bridgerton season 2—however stellar that show is, those things piss me off and make me uncomfortable

i also felt like there was some weirdly unnecessary physical descriptions, especially of like background characters? they just felt oddly placed at times, to me.

and that final stage reveal, i’m sure it’s deemed quite romantic but it pissed me off 😂 like bro finish your play bffr (oh jackson, maybe im the cynical one i guess)

wonder's review against another edition

4.0

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

Adib Khorram always has a soft spot in my heart after it was stomped on by Darius the Great, so perhaps I'm a little biased with my rating. I enjoyed this book, I probably wouldn't pick it up again, but the main characters were cute and I liked the storyline. I wasn't a huge fan of the way that it feels like everything was somewhat wrapped in a bow without too much on-page. This book hits all the boxes of a rather typical rom-com, but I do enjoy Khorram's writing which made it an enjoyable read. I wish we had gotten more of a focus on Jackson's hearing and the way his family made not as much of an effort as they could have as well as Jackson's therapy sessions overall. That felt thrown in at the end and was obviously not meant to be the main focus, but it was probably one of my favorite parts. I also liked the way we saw the story through Jackson's point of view, with the loss of words and not always getting the full picture so we're in his shoes more than omnipresent beings!