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To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai

9 reviews

stephbeaudoin20's review against another edition

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

To Have and to Heist by Sara Desai
This book is one of the funniest books I've read in a long time. Laugh out loud, let me read that again, hysterical! I LOVED IT! It has skyrocketed to the top of my purchase list.

Things I am here for:
Authentic South Asian Representation 
Very Diverse Cast of Characters
Simi is HILARIOUS! 🍬
Chloe is a white hat hacker - yes to women in tech! 💾
Emma can drive anything, even an elephant 🚤
Anil The Butcher 🔐
Gage the elephant whisperer 😂 🐘
Christian cares about everything so much! 🐶
Jack’s love of plants was such a special character trait 🌵
Rose who has done everything and knows everything 🍿
Auntie networks that can make an Italian wedding happen in 3 weeks
The twists!

The swooniest line of all swoony lines:
“You complicate my life when you say things like that,” he said. “I'd appreciate it if you could be less interesting.”

This is my 10th book for The Diverse Baseline Challenge, the 2nd for the February prompt of Found Family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

samchase112's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

SO MUCH FUN! A rollicking, rooming, page-turner that made we want to keep reading long past my bedtime. The banter was delightful, the pacing nonstop, the romance sizzling, and even the humor landed perfectly. It was slapstick crazy, but also heartwarming and so. much. fun. I never would have picked this up if it weren’t for my chronic library borrowing, but I’m so glad I did!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

amberinpieces's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol, Excrement, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Animal death, and Gun violence

callidoralblack's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Gun violence

kdailyreads's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Excrement, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

What a delightful book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Abandonment

jenn_reads's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

I picked this up from the library bc I've enjoyed some other stuff by this author but I think she confuses flippant with trying to be funny and it does not work as well.

Also I have zero idea of what's supposed to be appealing about the romantic interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

purplepenning's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Finley Donovan meets Dial A for Aunties in a mystery caper rom-com (romp-com?) with an Oceans Eleven heist and an Indiana Jones love interest. Perfect for readers searching for an updated Stephanie Plum. 

I could've done with just a little less thirst and a lot less torture, but in general this was a frothy rollick that delivers what it promises. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Excrement

analenegrace's review against another edition

adventurous funny slow-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

2.0

I was really hoping for good things for this one, but unfortunately, it felt so childish it was hard to read at times. It also needed a better editor; there were mistakes throughout that were confusing. 

Simi's narration was at times so annoying I wanted to stop reading, but I was interested in the actual heist plot more than the romance plot. The way she and others talked felt like what you would find in a not-so-good YA book rather than an adult romance. 

Jack was also just such a basic bad-boy character with a soft background, there was nothing interesting about him. 

This book was somehow too long but also didn't ever give me enough...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content