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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
lighthearted
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
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
meh.
either the author doesn’t understand feminism very well, or her characters are written to have a poor understanding of it.
what i mean is : is the misrepresentation of feminism intentional, as a trait of the characters, or is it just the author’s own misunderstanding?
it’s hard to tell.
either way, the book presents a very flawed idea of what feminism is.
clearly, hooking up with a guy doesn’t make you less of a feminist…
as for the romance, there’s zero chemistry between the main characters.
i couldn’t personally connect with them or care about what happened to them.
the one thing i did appreciate though was that Eliza and Len have lives outside of their romantic storyline which is rare in books like this.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
4.5 ⭐
GIMME 14 MORE OF THIS RN!!!
I LOVED IT!!!!
Agh...This book wasn't long enough. I don't wanna say good bye!!
GIMME 14 MORE OF THIS RN!!!
I LOVED IT!!!!
Agh...This book wasn't long enough. I don't wanna say good bye!!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Emotional abuse, Hate crime
2.5 stars rounded up to 3!
To be honest, I had a hard time rating this one. I loved the enemies to lovers trope and Eliza and Len's chemistry. I thought that worked really well. I loved Serena's character, and I thought her growth because of Eliza's stand was fun to watch. However, there were some plot choices I didn't really find believable. It's entirely possible that Len would post the manifesto, but I didn't believe the amount of people who saw it prior to it quicky being taken down. I also thought it was strange how quickly people bought into the feminism movement with little to no qualms from the males. I would've liked to see more of a division, even staff members voice concerns.
I did love Len's character, his love for baseball, his identity crisis, and his Japanese family's history with the internment camps in the United States during WWII. All of the cultural pieces both Eliza and Len bring forth into this story is super important for young readers, and I loved how that was executed.
Some of the writing was a bit too wordy and came off a touch pretentious for a young adult read. I found myself having to reread sentences and paragraphs because of the lengthy descriptions. This made the read not as enjoyable as it could've been.
"Something about the way he reveals this, as he plucks a jagged leaf from the rosebush by his shoulder, makes me want him to kiss me. I want to feel it dissolve everything, like all the other times, and then I want to hear him describe it, so that I can have his words, too, the memory spun into poetry that I can tuck away into a little corner of my heart."
To be honest, I had a hard time rating this one. I loved the enemies to lovers trope and Eliza and Len's chemistry. I thought that worked really well. I loved Serena's character, and I thought her growth because of Eliza's stand was fun to watch. However, there were some plot choices I didn't really find believable. It's entirely possible that Len would post the manifesto, but I didn't believe the amount of people who saw it prior to it quicky being taken down. I also thought it was strange how quickly people bought into the feminism movement with little to no qualms from the males. I would've liked to see more of a division, even staff members voice concerns.
I did love Len's character, his love for baseball, his identity crisis, and his Japanese family's history with the internment camps in the United States during WWII. All of the cultural pieces both Eliza and Len bring forth into this story is super important for young readers, and I loved how that was executed.
Some of the writing was a bit too wordy and came off a touch pretentious for a young adult read. I found myself having to reread sentences and paragraphs because of the lengthy descriptions. This made the read not as enjoyable as it could've been.
"Something about the way he reveals this, as he plucks a jagged leaf from the rosebush by his shoulder, makes me want him to kiss me. I want to feel it dissolve everything, like all the other times, and then I want to hear him describe it, so that I can have his words, too, the memory spun into poetry that I can tuck away into a little corner of my heart."
The way that this book handles pretty much every subject honestly felt straight out of the Buzzfeed late 2010s “not like other girls” era, so imagine my surprise when I found out this was published in 2021. Seriously, I think every single woman in this book who wore any type of makeup or did anything with her hair was ridiculed. I kept waiting for this to be addressed and it was just barely brushed over in the end. The two main girls in this book, Eliza and Winona, honestly talked more shit about women than any of the male characters did and it’s just never acknowledged by the characters or the narrative. It was really hard to like pretty much any of the characters. I feel like the fact that the protagonist refers to herself as a “girlboss” without a lick of irony really sums everything up.
lighthearted
relaxing
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:
No
Lighthearted read really enjoyed Eliza and Len’s growing relationship.
It was okay, but I thought (except the feminism topic) the romance between Eliza and Len would be better and bigger idk