Hani And Ishu's Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

4.12 AVERAGE

abbey_98's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny informative lighthearted 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

katiebanaz11's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

maddie_245's review against another edition

4.25
emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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
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pinknwhite's review against another edition

i love them
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jordannchloee's review against another edition

5.0
emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
i have been trying to be less liberal and more judicious with what qualifies a 5 star read for me but this really seems to hit the mark. i don't know i just feel as if this was so so so well done and enjoyable and just all around fucking lovely. i think that it was the kind of queer high school romance i wish i read as a kid. it was like cognizant of parental struggles and homophobia without harping on it. it didn't seem as if it was playing to an unfamiliar audience or overexplaining things, it just left them as they are. it was nuanced and delt with female friendship in a really lovely way. hani pissed me off at times but i think that is really because i have been and am many ways am hani. her struggles to get the backbone to stand up to her friends of a lifetime is something i can heavily identify with. i think that overall this book was so incredibly well done and i had fun reading it which is an even more important part. i rarely found myself distracted or trying to put the book down out of bordem. and as i think of the flaws of the book they are truly just like flaws in me that i saw in the characters that i didnt love seeing. so. i think its not like literary fiction magic but it is, to me, excellent. 5 stars. and fuck u aisling and dee u stupid dumbys. and fuck u principal Gallagher rot !
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kyannaebanks's review against another edition

3.25
emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced
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leona_amp's review against another edition

3.75
emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

paigeturner314's review against another edition

5.0
i love fake dating. no secret there. but SAPPHIC fake dating?!!!,!? hits so different

feeling like i need to read the henna wars now

seriously this was so cute - and also very three dimensional with vibrant cultural imagery and differences in faith and politics and ideas addressed in such a great way. took me right back to ireland too - some of the things mentioned were so uniquely european and i ate it up
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niqianhe's review

3.0
cant bring myself to say anything bad about this book because south asian queer girls need to see themselves in this <3

kelsie17's review against another edition

3.5
emotional funny lighthearted sad 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