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thebookberrie's review
The Code for Love and Heartbreak is about a girl named Emma who is great at math, but not good at understanding people. People let you down like when her sister Izzy, went to college on the other side of the country. In her senior year, Emma wants to focus on numbers and getting into her dream college. After brain storming a project for her coding club, Emma comes up with a dating app idea. Basically she takes numbers and algorithms to calculate compatibility to find people's perfect match. The app becomes a hit at her school, until it doesn't turn out as perfect as it started.
I've read this kind of book so many times before. Why do people keep writing books about dating apps, dang. This one wasn't any better than the last I've read except this takes place in high school.
This is another case of, "well I listened to the audiobook in a couple hours and it didn't completely offend me but also the book wasn't good at all." Emma is not a likeable character. She's judgmental, selfish, and weirdly hates the environment. While I liked the friendship she makes with Jane, that gets ruined for no reason. The romance was awful, all over the place and there was no chemistry. For a long time I seriously had no idea why Emma was driving George to school every day. He felt like some random dude she wasn't even friends with and yet he always got rides? Uh no make him take the bus wtf are you his driver for. And then that turns into a romance after a bunch of mess and I was like ??? Why??? It made NO sense and I didn't like them together.
This entire book was just a mess of characters "dating" and then breaking up all around this dating app and it was ANNOYING. Everyone was just expected to actually date the person it magically matched them with? But then the whole point is that it didn't work? Why did I even read this then because it sure wasn't for the romance that wasn't even cute. Yada yada you can't math your way into true love but okay people have been meeting and dating on apps since the beginning of time.
Thanks for being another book for my reading challenge but book, you were lame.
I've read this kind of book so many times before. Why do people keep writing books about dating apps, dang. This one wasn't any better than the last I've read except this takes place in high school.
This is another case of, "well I listened to the audiobook in a couple hours and it didn't completely offend me but also the book wasn't good at all." Emma is not a likeable character. She's judgmental, selfish, and weirdly hates the environment. While I liked the friendship she makes with Jane, that gets ruined for no reason. The romance was awful, all over the place and there was no chemistry. For a long time I seriously had no idea why Emma was driving George to school every day. He felt like some random dude she wasn't even friends with and yet he always got rides? Uh no make him take the bus wtf are you his driver for. And then that turns into a romance after a bunch of mess and I was like ??? Why??? It made NO sense and I didn't like them together.
This entire book was just a mess of characters "dating" and then breaking up all around this dating app and it was ANNOYING. Everyone was just expected to actually date the person it magically matched them with? But then the whole point is that it didn't work? Why did I even read this then because it sure wasn't for the romance that wasn't even cute. Yada yada you can't math your way into true love but okay people have been meeting and dating on apps since the beginning of time.
Thanks for being another book for my reading challenge but book, you were lame.
fernthepanda's review
4.0
I received an eARC courtesy of Inkyard Press & NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
I am going to preface this with an I love Austen statement. I, also, love retellings.
Is this an entirely character-for-character, plot-for-plot retelling? No. And thank goodness. I appreciated the updates. Always important to integrate some diversity into classic retellings.
Does the last of communication between the teens in the story bug me? Um, yeah. But it frustrates me in every YA book. And, based on my years working with teens, it is a very accurate problem.
For libraries: If you are looking for a good clean, romantic read? You can't go wrong here.
I am going to preface this with an I love Austen statement. I, also, love retellings.
Is this an entirely character-for-character, plot-for-plot retelling? No. And thank goodness. I appreciated the updates. Always important to integrate some diversity into classic retellings.
Does the last of communication between the teens in the story bug me? Um, yeah. But it frustrates me in every YA book. And, based on my years working with teens, it is a very accurate problem.
For libraries: If you are looking for a good clean, romantic read? You can't go wrong here.
bookbirdie09's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
evarano's review
1.0
DNF at 35%. I did enjoy the beginning but around 20% I found myself very bored, the story was just lacking. The characters were okay, I didn't find Emma overly likeable. I do think there could've been potential with the potential love triangle however I found Emma very young and immature. Her lack of experience made her present as boring and childish. It just wasn't compelling enough for me. Writing wasn't bad, but too many unnecessary details. I wanted more from this book. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.
melanie_books's review against another edition
3.0
Emma wants this year's coding club project to be the best ever. It's her senior year and she has a particular wish to with the State coding finals. When an off-handed comment from her sister Isabella, who is away at college, settles in, she comes up with the perfect project: to create an app that matches people at her school according to their statistical likelihood of falling in love. George Knightley, her co-president of the club, thinks it's a ridiculous idea. But when she matches up two of their teachers - Miss Taylor & Mr. Weston - and it goes well, the project picks up steam. But things don't go according to plan, as they rarely do when love is involved.
This was a fun retelling of Jane Austen's classic Emma. There were a lot of things that were very similar to the original (Emma's aloofness, her and George's history together, etc.) but things that were fresh and new (such as Jane Fairfax becoming actual friends with Emma, a nice redemptive touch.) The unfolding of the story was much the same - though I felt a little cheated that we didn't have a "badly done, Emma" showdown - and the ending was perfect! If you like YA and Austen, this book might just be for you!
This was a fun retelling of Jane Austen's classic Emma. There were a lot of things that were very similar to the original (Emma's aloofness, her and George's history together, etc.) but things that were fresh and new (such as Jane Fairfax becoming actual friends with Emma, a nice redemptive touch.) The unfolding of the story was much the same - though I felt a little cheated that we didn't have a "badly done, Emma" showdown - and the ending was perfect! If you like YA and Austen, this book might just be for you!
clp34's review
funny
lighthearted
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? No
3.75
books4susie's review
4.0
This story is a cute modern redo of Jane Austen's Emma. Emma Woodhouse and George Knightley are co-presidents of the coding club at Highbury High. The club decides to go with Emma's idea to create an app named The Code for Love, their take on Match.com for their school. Of course, math and numbers soothe Emma, but as the club begin to match their classmates to one another, she starts to realize that love isn't as simple as a mathematical formula. A super cute rom-com.
taylorward04's review
4.0
I was looking for new books at my library and this was on a shelf with other books about love, presumably because it is February. I thought it sounded cute so I decided to give it a go.
This book was super adorable! Very predictable but I love those kinds of books I can just kind of get lost in. The book was very well written and the characters were very like-able. I really enjoyed this book and would read it again. Definitely recommend if you are looking for a fast read that is lighthearted and fun.
This book was super adorable! Very predictable but I love those kinds of books I can just kind of get lost in. The book was very well written and the characters were very like-able. I really enjoyed this book and would read it again. Definitely recommend if you are looking for a fast read that is lighthearted and fun.