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Love, Decoded by Jennifer Yen

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thatdreamygryffindor's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

1.5/5

I did not enjoy this at all.

I appreciate the author's choice to have a flawed protagonist, but that's about it.

The love story wasn't interesting, the characters were not interesting, and the climax was so frustrating.

mairimav's review

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3.0

3.5/ I mean the concept was great, the excecusion was lacking in some parts and this is definitely a book i needed more pages from. More in the ending, more in the build-up, more about each storyline, less Etta.

ethannku's review

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5.0

screaming crying this book was so so cute i loved it sm. while i wish the romance could have been introduced earlier on in the book, the non romance plotlines were engaging enough that it didn’t bother me as much as it could have.

big thank you to penguin teen for an eArc of this book! all opinions are my own

jdalton's review against another edition

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5.0

I really love Jennifer Yen’s rom coms and I especially love that this one was slightly related to “A taste for love”. This one was great too especially about friendship and what it means to be a good friend to someone or if you’re being self serving.

fernylace's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.0

Not the worst Emma retelling I’ve read. But not my fav either. I fell asleep for about 20 min and didn’t need to go back to see what I missed. It was that close to the original. Not a bad book just wished for something more original than a computer programming high school version of Emma.

bessadams's review

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-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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luvekelsey_'s review

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4.0

I love childhood best friends to lovers so when I read the synopsis I was immediately hooked but this book was so much more than that. This book was really enjoyable and REAL. I finished within a few hours which is something I haven’t been doing lately. Gigi was definitely not perfect but she was real and her character development was great and she represented what a burned out kid feels like perfectly. Kyle is such a sweetheart and I loved how he called her out when she was wrong. Ettie and Tyler were nice characters and I’m glad they worked out in the end. Anna wasn’t my favorite but in the end she kinda grew on me. Joey made a lot of mistakes but I’m glad he apologized and even tho what he did was wrong, I understood why he did what he did. The mentioning of Covid and TikTok threw me off but unlike others I don’t really care bc it’s 2023 and it’s going to be brung up in books eventually so ppl need to start getting used to that even if they’re trying to escape reality. The reason this book got a four is because this was supposed to be a rom com but we barely got any of that. If Kyle and Gigi didn’t have chemistry, the rating would have probably been lower so it’s a good thing they did.