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No estás en la lista by Alison Espach

896 reviews

mdarden12's review against another edition

3.5

dark lighthearted sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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jesswelsh1123's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

This is so close to a 5 star read for me. I teared up at many points as we got to experience the binding of stories, people, their collective healing, their flaws, and their assets.

It was such a beautiful look at what it means to be alive, to be human, to accept our own skin and live in it with grace and honesty and courage and love. I loved the journey of this book.

The only reason I cannot give it 5 stars is that I found some of the inner dialogue (and sometimes character dialogue as well) to be very crass in ways that weren’t necessary and sometimes felt borderline excessive. I was appreciative that the romance aspect was not the forefront of this story and as such there weren’t explicit scenes as much as explicitly sexual language.

Also left it a 4 star because I wanted a little bit more of a tidy conclusion about Phoebe and Gary’s future as a couple. I wanted more closure.

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kate_boucher_'s review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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samidavis22's review against another edition

2.75

dark funny reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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ek2011's review against another edition

4.75

funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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juliareste's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

So good! The premise kind of scared me, because I have read other books that have not handled the topic with care. I feel like this one mixed the seriousness of suicidal ideation with the silliness of the rest of the story, which balanced my emotions well enough while reading. I enjoyed the third-person perspective, specifically for the coconut pillow scene, because I feel like it removes the reader enough to make it not as triggering as being in Phoebe's head would be. I loved all of the characters, unfortunately, even Matt, and the banter and personalities of all of the characters made them feel real. Espach's writing is beautiful but blunt. Highly recommend.

4.5/5 stars

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jdgcreates's review against another edition

3.5

I really enjoyed this heartfelt and snappy novel, and was rooting for characters left and right. It was perhaps a bit of a fairy tale with regards to the suicide and mental health issues resolution, and of course the ultra-wealthy setting, but who doesn't want a fairy tale now and again. Especially in the world we live in.

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