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Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

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libraryghost's review

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emotional funny 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

4.0


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wilybooklover's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

There's nothing I love more than a cute romance between two kind, generous people, and that was this book to a tee. They had such a soft dynamic that really fit their sweet and caring personalities. Plus, the first half of the book has some top-tier mutual pining which is a trope I adore.

I really enjoyed the portrayal of mental health, anxiety/panic attacks, and trauma/PTSD. It was handled with such care and respect without taking away from the lightheartedness of the book. I also enjoyed that the book showcased such an amazing friendship between Katrina and her friends. I just love seeing strong female friendships in romance.

I did feel as though there were a tad too many side-plots that sort of took the spotlight away from the romance a bit. There was the original viral side-plot, then a side-plot with Jas's family, then a side-plot with his military past, then a side-plot with Katrina's dad... I would've preferred a little less of that and a bit more of the cute domestic scenes. But I loved the book regardless!

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a_ab's review

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

2.5

I liked this book better than the first one, but not by much.
This story relies on the relationship having been built off page over many years, which is much better than insta-l[ust/ove]. But when the characters start working towards changing the nature of that relationship from professional to a much more personal one, there's way too much reliance on sex to drive that change. And it felt like lazy shortcuts. 
Perhaps people read these books for the sex scenes, and maybe that's where all the relationship building is happening (in-between anatomic description of various gymnastic maneuvers - somehow I doubt it), but since I skip those scenes, the relationship seemed empty and superficial to me. The potential for more was there, but we never get to see it on page (or at least I didn't - I am not willing to wade through pages is sex descriptions to find out if I missed anything there).

This book wasn't bad, but it was also not memorable or good or particularly interesting, which was disappointing, because it could have been better.

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jenn_reads's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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cibani's review

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relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0


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lilivdw's review

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emotional inspiring fast-paced

4.5


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debby_caleb's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

3.75


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buttermellow's review

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emotional hopeful informative 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

4.0


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agnesbebon's review

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4.0

As someone who’s a people pleaser, has PTSD and panic attacks, and has taken a break from dating, I related a lot to Katrina and I think she was written with grace and care. “She’d never been a shy person, even if life had made her wary” hit me hard. This book had a lot of great representation and the world Alisha Rai has built an accurately diverse world in her modern love series. 

I really really loved most of this, but it started to lose me at the end. I wanted more out of their story. I almost wanted a third act breakup? Which is something I don’t usually want. Also while I love that both characters have their own personal story lines, I didn’t enjoy that they were going through very similar struggles, especially since it went into Kat’s experiences with PTSD much more than Jas’s. I also don’t love incarceration in books. However the very last scene is very well done and I thoroughly enjoyed how it (and the other spicy scenes) deviated from the standard romance genre spicy scenes. 

Super sweet but still definitely check trigger warnings for this one! 

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jen_sometimes's review

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3.5


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