Reviews with content warning for Xenophobia - She Gets the Girl

I absolutely loved this book and I am now OBSESSED. Molly and Alex were such great characters, together and apart. I loved the journey's both of them took throughout this story and the growth they both experienced. I really appreciated the important secondary relationships in the book, such as Molly and her mom and brother, and Alex and Jim and her mom. I'm also really glad that Alex was able to realize how awful Natalie was and that she deserved so much better than that!!

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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lvndrletters's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

5.0

Literally loved this book so much. I really loved the chemistry between the two characters and the way their relationships developed as the story progressed. The slow build up to them realizing they have feelings for one another was so well written. I think it makes it even better that the authors for this book are a married couple as well! The last quarter of the book made me cry (positively) and i think this is one of my fav books to come out from the month of May 2023!

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midnightbelles's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

I kept putting this book off for so long but once I started reading I didn’t want to put it down. This book was so much fun and I really enjoyed reading it. I loved seeing Molly grow more comfortable being herself and I also loved seeing Alex change and learn to let others in. I wish we got to see more of them together after the final chapter but overall this book was really sweet and I can’t wait to see what the author writes next!

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rickireadss's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

WOW i really liked this!! i enjoyed the “she’s all the vibes” but without it being kinda toxic. i honestly really liked both mcs - and the narrators were PERFECT. i think the main things i didn’t like: 1) i wanted more 1-on-1 time with alex&molly and 2) that ending was SO abrupt. some of the fanart though?? AMAZING.

⚠️: alcoholism, addiction, toxic relationship, racism, car accident, abandonment, xenophobia, adoption, classism

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literarylocd's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.0

(or maybe 3.75)

i liked this story. i think often with two mcs, one of them ends up being insufferable whilst the other one is amazing but that wasn’t the case here. i loved both molly and alex especially how they brought out the best in each other. and their moments were so damn cute. I really loved how Alex had to learn that what you see as ‘typical’ in relationships is often rooted in the relationships you saw modelled as a child. and her coming to terms with the fact that

Natalie did not love her and never would was very powerful. yay to knowing our worth

now,

molly’s mum being racist was…a choice. i understand that there are poc who were raised by yt people in white areas and went to pwi which caused them a lot of trauma. and i know that sometimes this can make people choose to ‘turn their back’ on their culture in order to try assimilate into yt society. but jesus christ her mum was such a prick. that scene with the Korean restaurant server was disgusting and then when molly confronted her she said “I’m sorry if my issues with being Asian have affected you.”respectfully, miss me with that BS. her mum will still hate being asian after the ending of the book which is :/ because HER KIDS ARE HALF ASIAN. what does it say about them and their identity if their mother is so set in her ways to hate all things asian? idk

and i wish there was just a little bit more depth to Molly and her struggles.

JUST WANNA SAY WE WERE ROBBED BY THAT ENDING

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caitlin033's review against another edition

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lighthearted 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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a_sleepy_berry's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.5

Fantastic book, other than the fact that it took Alex and Molly almost the entire book to realize that they were in love

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