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Green Dot by Madeleine Gray

22 reviews

onion's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad 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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star's review

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emotional tense slow-paced

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

1.0

i received this book through a little free library. it is an ARC -- i believe the actual release date is in a few days. i am hoping that it will be different in its final form.

this book was.... for lack of a better way of putting it, extremely painful to get through. the plot can easily be explained through the synopsis on the back cover - woman, 24 years old, falls in love with 40-something year old married man.

i disliked this book immensely, but was attached enough to hera that i wanted to see it through. i am relieved to have finished it, and pray i never know about a sequel if it comes up - as it was hard to get through, for sure, but i am attached enough i fear i may read it.

hera is... frustrating. she reminds me a lot of myself a few years ago (which makes sense, as we were born in similar years - if she were real, she would be probably a year older than me now), i will say it's nice to see a problematic bi girl out there in the wild - i did laugh at the mention of co-star for sure.

but this book was.... not my favorite, and i really really had to push myself HARD (to the point of forcing myself) to get through it. i will be donating this to a different LFL on it's release date... good luck to whoever gets it.

spoiler tags for the rest of my thoughts.

hera is an irony-poisoned asshole! which is sad to say, as i had to frequently put the book down due to how much she reminded me of me a few years ago. it took me almost 2 months to get through the first part of the book (the book is split into 5 parts, or at least, the ARC is.) this was in part due to the lackluster writing style but also the extremely frustrating way that hera behaved.

i HATED arthur the entire time. this was so typical, "i love you and ill tell my wife sometime soon, promise". i thought the pull at the end with maisie was awful, too, and imagine knowing for your entire life that you named your baby the thing your mistress suggested! i kept wanting hera to fucking talk to kate about it... but she never did. UGH.

and jesus christ, the way that hera treated her fucking dad. that poor man. and poor jude.

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theunfinishedbookshelf's review

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emotional lighthearted reflective 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

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mintrogue's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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gracesullentrup's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Reading from Hera's perspective is like spending time with your best friend and enjoying a day together and then suddenly realizing they are the most insightful, funny, and exciting person you've ever met. The Hera's tangents were so fun to follow, I loved her savviness and quips. I loved this story, I felt enveloped from the beginning. Toward the end there was a touch of fourth-wall breaking that didn't feel totally explained, but I could easily see Hera writing this novel in a journal to process. Gray writes it herself: this book is perfect for the "young, smart-mouthed, female, reasonably big-titted". Reminded me a lot of Dolly Alderton's wittiness and Emily Henry's emotionally resonate characters. I cannot wait to read more of what Madeline Gray writes.

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elsaschuster's review against another edition

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reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The main character is insufferable, and it’s infuriating because unfortunately I do think she is a pretty good representation of people in their early to mid 20s.

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