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No estás en la lista by Alison Espach

846 reviews

gabsoto20's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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sassydenisse's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring 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

I really loved the book, Phoebe was a wonderful character I liked every decision she made, was so loyal to her character. I don’t give it the five stars because some characters like Marla didn’t feel real, like their evolution. But otherwise it was a very good read ❤️🥹

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jannabanna's review against another edition

3.0

funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Almost didn’t read this because Lila was so annoying.

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republicofben's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

My book club dubbed this "the most adult book" we've read. After reading a YA novel whose lessons and takeaways were stated too plainly, I really appreciated how complex and adult the themes of this book were. Don't be put off by the primary trigger warning of this book, as it's well worth the journey of a woman finding her agency.

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beachybookstack's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

This book was not what I expected it to be at all. I went in to it thinking it'd be a light pick, but it ended up covering a whole lot of the modern woman's experience finding her own identity. Marriage, fertility, career struggle, divorce, dealing with expectations. Phoebe's nothing-left-to-lose honesty leads her to real connections and sort of waking herself from her depression/fugue. Of course she discovers that she's not the only one going through the motions or having a hard time with the state of their life. Grief is woven through the novel in a few characters. Lila's grief over her father's death, Gary's widowing, and Lila's mother's loss of youth on top of her experience as a widow. Even Phoebe's childhood loss of her mother ends up connecting her to Juice as they both come to terms with how to be without a mother.

This all makes it sound very sad but I laughed more with this book than others I've read recently. The banter between Gary, Jim, and Phoebe is decent. Some of Phoebe's observations about "the wedding people" or the nature of being a bride is hilarious for anyone who's planned a wedding. Her reflections on her identity and marriage were often a release valve of her frustration but funny in a way, for those who have been married people. The expectations of it all being absurd. I wouldn't recommend this to someone about to get married, but I think it's somewhat cathartic for any woman who has lived in a marriage and questioned herself or been divorced.

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toberead_eventually's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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nicolath's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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madisonreadssometimes's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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willow_witch's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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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cristinakaplan's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad 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

I rarely give out a perfect score but this book felt the closest. It captured all of the adjectives we use to describe books that usually end up being something else, but this book really is realistic, magical, funny, heartbreaking, and exciting.

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