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Theory by Sienna Tristen

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ellis91's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

dayvayen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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lakertee's review

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5.0

I’m reading this book for a second time this year and I am savouring every last word. What a delight it is to read. It sits with me, right in my gut. I want to recommend it to everyone, and at the same time not tell anyone about it and keep it my little, special secret. I hope it’s made into a hardcover version someday as it’s a book I will cherish for years to come.

gnp's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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

5.0

ayriley's review

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3.0

I found the main character very annoying and not all that redeemable, which sucked because he was clearly an anxious person who overthinks everything, and I wanted to
be empathetic but couldn’t.

I like the supporting cast and for the most part I enjoyed the story, but I am struggling to decide if I will read the rest of this series because of the main character.

I also found that the book was too wordy, in one sense, I found some of the language out of reach for a lot / some of readers, and I don’t necessarily think it moved the story along. I can appreciate how it created a pretentious character ... plus the author is a linguistics major and her love of words comes through and how can you really be angry about someone’s passion shining through in their work.

lib_britannia's review against another edition

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Writing style is great, but the main character is absolutely unbearable. The constant whining inner-monologue that drifts back and forth between pathetic self pity and gross self loathing is incredibly off-putting.

This is made worse by the fact that the main character's obvious future love interest is very clearly the male version of the manic pixie dream girl, with a twist of cruelty that throws up a red flags left, right, front, and center.

Hard pass.