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Emily's Reasons Why Not by Carrie Gerlach

audklem's review against another edition

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2.0

Written like the daydreams of an upper middle class middleschooler wondering what their life might be like. Not relatable at all and the main character is mostly irritating, and a wolf dog? Really? I transitioned from interested reader to hate finishing the book by page 16.

karennext's review against another edition

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2.0

It was so unremarkable that I forgot I finished it... 2 years ago.

clockless's review against another edition

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2.0

Meh. The writing style was off-putting: short pointless sentences, no sense of flow, random sudden time and setting shifts. The side characters, even the major one, had no life of their own; their only point was to act as chorus to inform the main character's inner monologue. It's a very self-centered book, overall. This is basically trying to be a self-help book, but the author either didn't have the confidence or didn't have the credentials to write one of those, so she basically fictionalized He's Just Not That into You based heavily, obviously, on her own (limited) experiences. This would probably have been a better book if she wrote it 10-15 years later, when her own story was over.

nectar's review against another edition

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3.0

A better book than I thought it was going to be. Maybe it was the whole 'trying to get my life to where I want it' and 'seeing a therapist' thing but whatever it was I related. I so wanted Reese and Emily to end up together and he didn't turn out to be a bad guy but it just didn't work out. I wished Emily could have had a happy(ier) ending but I guess the author wanted to have a sequel and that just wouldn't have worked if Emily had lived happily ever after. Oh, well, A few funny parts that I laughed out loud at. Maybe not a book I'll reread but I enjoyed it.

tapsandtomes's review

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3.0

cute enough, but a little stale. would make a better chick flick than actual book I think.
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