Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

What's Not to Love by Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka

2 reviews

puddleshoes's review

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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samchase112's review

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

3.75

This is the true enemies to lovers we need! Pure hate becomes pure passion -- I love it! Ethan and Alison's banter was fantastic, and although the switch is immediate, you can feel it building and the characters themselves take a while to come to terms with it. My complaints here are that Ethan's character wasn't quite fleshed out; I really don't understand him as a character, and although it's through Alison's eyes, I wish we got to know him as a person a lot more.

Alison was also really unlikable at times, and I can see why many people wouldn't like that and not get enjoyment out of the book because of it, but I see why the authors did it. She's unlikable for a reason. Any more growth by the end of the story would have felt disingenuous. Nevertheless, that means she may grate on lots of readers--and that's okay.

This book is for fans of enemies to lovers, for sure, as long as you don't mind lots of high school drama and immature characters :)
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