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Greta & Valdin

Rebecca K Reilly

4.13 AVERAGE

ellabadalla's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ellaxiao's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I just had fun living life with these character, though sometimes the romantic dramas was a little much for me. Just queer multiracial/cultural chaos, neurotic gay people of color but this time they get eclectic happy endings, family drama but in the loving just weird way.

sirigusdal's review against another edition

4.25

I really enjoyed Greta & Valdin, and read it primarily on the beach. Witty, lighthearted, and in touch with the contemporary time and place when it was written, this was just a very readable novel. I liked all the characters, particularly the father. The older I get, the more I can appreciate stories about existential angst that continues past high school/college age characters.

I can’t find the direct quote, but there’s a line about how if Greta became a small business owner, she would enter the class of people who are spoken about positively in the media or something like that, and that just stuck with me because it’s so true, everyone goes crazy for small business owners.

Potentially a personal issue, but I could not keep track of who all the characters were and how they were all related to each other. My only other critique would be that some of the characters felt a bit underdeveloped, or just kind of repetitive at times.

Cover design rating: 5/5 — love it, nonliteral approach that captures the vibe and appeals to the target audience (me).