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Must Love Silence by Lucy Bexley

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pointofvin's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

bluelien's review

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relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I liked the idea of an author and a voice actor falling in love. I loved how reese's social anxiety was described and I found the link with the title of the book genius. However, I didn't enjoy the story as much as I thought I would, it felt like the plot was too shallow. Also it had too many sex scenes for my liking.

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dinosourkisses's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

4.0

This made a really good point about how romance books will sometimes have alcohol in them for the sake of lowering inhibitions to get the characters together, and now I can't stop thinking how that's a really good point and romanticises getting super drunk to make being vulnerable with a potentual romantic partner easier.

But even beside that revalation, the book is good and fun and I think the trauma is written very well for Reese. How the panic and anxiety and awkwardness is portrayed

and how coming out of the lunch scene where she was short of money, she's holding on to her anger from it because she doesn't want to forgive too easily and be used but it means she can't see that it was an honest mistake and she could have called Arden but having that help of someone who could be there just didn't even cross her mind as a possibility.

lurker_stalker's review against another edition

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4.0

My friend kept telling me to read this book. I think it's because she saw a similarity between Reese and me where being around people and loving silence are a big thing. I'm not gonna lie, I saw a lot of myself in Reese which made it even funnier.

Definitely a good, solid romance with humor and some angst. And while I tend to avoid books narrated by Abby Craden (not because she's not a good narrator but because, holy shit, she seems to be the only narrator for wlw books anymore and I'm just so burned out on her) but she absolutely rocked the shit out of this one. Especially Judith. I would love to see a TV series based on Judith. The Judes. Need more Judes.

Okay, if you like a good rom-com, you'll probably enjoy Must Love Silence.