You Only Call When You're in Trouble by Stephen McCauley

3.33 AVERAGE

rainbowrnb's review

3.25
emotional reflective slow-paced
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vlwelser's review against another edition

3.75
emotional mysterious medium-paced
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rhymeswithcarmen's review

2.75
emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
All the promo for this novel describes it as "funny" and it's really not. Characters make funny observations, but that's not the same. Wry, maybe.
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speete's review

4.5
challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

yarnadine's review

3.75
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

gallag's review

3.0
I got really invested in the story and characters in some parts. THe last 1/3 of the book I really struggled to stay interested. 

ccmarissa's review against another edition

3.5
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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wooyouknow's review against another edition

3.0
medium-paced
2/3 of these main characters’ whole deal was “i’m such a good person why is this happening to me”…………………….well

polarboxes's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective
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elenasg's review

3.0
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes