Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

140 reviews

kad21's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Islamophobia

ktv's review against another edition

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

4.5

Cute fun read. Love the Bangladeshi / south Asian in general representation since that’s not something common in romance books, let alone YA and sapphic ones. 
I loved how both narrators spoke Bengali, even though it all went over my head. It just sounds nice to listen to. It really adds depth to Hani and Ishu’s identities, as well as their parents’ especially by being immigrants. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Islamophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Lesbophobia and Abandonment

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Islamophobia, Racism, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing

This is a really good book but at times the racism and bigoty was hard to read. The story is worth it. Read it

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

4.25

This is my second riding of a book from Adiba Jaigirdar and I said this about the henna wars and I'll say it about this book to if I could this would be a 100 . I  absolutely love Adiba jaigirda's books and always will . So I will sum up this book and all of Adiba Jaigirdar's books with one word. YES .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment and Gaslighting

dhritigupta's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

a healthy dose of slightly cheesy high school fake dating <3 but brown!!!! cute!! 

the inner conflicts/personal lives of the characters were handled with a lot of care and it shows 

i want a netflix adaptation stat! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Biphobia, and Homophobia

Moderate: Abandonment

emilyhv's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Biphobia, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Racism

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Islamophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Biphobia, Bullying, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, and Racism

Moderate: Cursing and Alcohol

Minor: Colonisation, Pedophilia, and Animal death

maybe_perhaps's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Islamophobia, and Biphobia

Moderate: Abandonment

onycio's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Biphobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abandonment

fierymoon's review against another edition

emotional funny informative 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? No

5.0

everything about it made me smile so widely that i can't think of anything else to say except that the book overall is amazing and relatable, and filled with so much positive representation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Islamophobia, Toxic friendship, Biphobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Lesbophobia, and Racism