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I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander

bookish_alone's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

tortello_alla_zucca's review

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

meliall1998's review

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adventurous mysterious tense 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

4.0

actuallythemillennialdiaries's review

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

psmak's review against another edition

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2.0

This book seemed really underdeveloped. 

maddiereadswords's review

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2.0

So I see what this book was trying to do, but it was not really working for me. The stalker plot caught me by surprise, and it felt really drawn out and slow for most of the book, only to escalate into a truly unserious climax. I also didn't really buy the romance. Aside from the insta-lust, I wasn't really convinced that these characters were actually right for each other. (Which wasn't really helped by the fact that I don't feel either of them really got much development individually.) Also for the record, just having a side character say something to the effect of "your second wave feminism issues are showing" is not, in fact, acknowledging those issues; it felt like instead of unpacking her assumptions about more "feminine" girls, Noa just decided that Lilah was actually deeper than those other girls, so she's the exception, which...okay. 

Gotta give it points for being a really fast read, but this one was just not for me.

nelumie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

3.5

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smittonwith's review

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adventurous 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

3.0

I read the audiobook of a, “I Kissed a Girl” by Jennet Alexander and rate it 3 out of 5 stars. I enjoyed the premise of finding love in a horror story and loved that it was WLW centered. This book was diverse and well thought out in the character detail. I was not expecting the twist near the end and loved how deeply buried into the story that specific plot line was. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun romantic comedy centered around self-acceptance. 

mothmans_mum's review against another edition

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4.25

My favourite things about this book were the setting (the set of a B movie) and that the characters were Jewish.

The drawbacks were the contrived plot complications, and the fact that
Noa never properly dealt with and apologised for her snooty opinions, and Lilah never opened up properly about her insecurities relating to her appearance. I wanted Noa to properly tell Lilah about how she finds her smart etc. I’m glad she said she only kept complementing Lilah’s appearance because she couldn’t express her full feelings, and I’m glad she started enjoying romance novels, but they needed to have a conversation about Lila’s feelings about pageants, that she enjoyed them but also they instilled body image issues in her. We also know that Lilah read Radcliffe Hall, but did she genuinely like reading that or was it to impress Noa and subtly come out to her? I need to know! And lastly, and most annoyingly, they never had a conversation about candy floss! Lilah never found out what that meant, and Noa never properly confronted the fact that she is into femmes. That would be so important to their relationship and their individual identities! It’s so frustrating!


But overall I really liked it.

caityclarkreads's review

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lighthearted tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

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