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lunahale's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Transphobia and Homophobia
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
I will definitely be on the lookout for books that KT Hoffman writes in the future.
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Transphobia
Minor: Death of parent, Deadnaming, and Car accident
ramunepocky's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, and Homophobia
Minor: Car accident and Death of parent
bi_n_large's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Dysphoria, Bullying, Homophobia, and Death of parent
difficultwomanreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Transphobia and Homophobia
imstephtacular's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Transphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Medical content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Sexual content
Minor: Outing, Racism, Ableism, Car accident, and Death of parent
juliana_reads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Transphobia
Minor: Car accident
wildatheart1339's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Cursing and Transphobia
Minor: Car accident, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Abandonment
jelkebooks's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
This did start of quite cute, I'm not going to lie about that. Gene is just a sunshine of a character, and I loved his optimism. The set up for the romance was also interesting, and the little interactions they had together were quite cute. I also really liked the cast of side characters. I was having a blast. However, this book took a turn for me. I don't know, I just think it tried to do too much, and it got lost in it all. By the end I just was bored, and not really that invested anymore.
As someone who knows absolutely nothing about baseball, there was just too much of it in here. It might seem contradictary because I typically want more of the sport in a sports romance, but there was just too much. I feel like the book didn't do a good enough job making the many, many, seemingly endless baseball scenes accesible for people who only know the bare minimum about the sport. It's a shame because based on the acknowledgements it is clear that K.T. Hoffman is really passionate about it. So I just ended up kind of zoning out during like at least 50% of this book, because there is just too much of it in here.
That makes it so that the romance gets a bit of a backseat. Even though I do think they had their cute moments at the start, I do think their romance was a bit underdeveloped, and once they actually get together (about halfway through) the only scenes Gene and Luis have together are sex scenes, and the third act conflict. It just made the parts of the book I was made to like fall flat to me as well. On top of that as the relationship started happening I feel like the side characters started taking a back seat. I feel like so many of the things I enjoyed at the start just dissapeared as the book continued. So yeah, I really wanted this to work for me, but it really just didn't. However, so many people seem to love this one so take this review with a grain of salt, I guess.
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia
joensign's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Car accident, Transphobia, and Injury/Injury detail