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I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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lunep's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5


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markwillnevercry's review against another edition

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4.5

This was great. I had very low expectations, because, first of all, I had to read this book in a day-ish both times I picked it up (I did not read anything the first time I had to pick it up, got busy with the Priory of the Orange Tree, because I thought that I could finish both of those books on a three day vacation, but instead I was stuck in a middle of family conflict, that was not even my family's conflict). Anyway, that is not important here. Book was great, I really liked it, I might even reread it one day. It is just one of those queer comfort reads, where everyone who matters are queer and homophobs get at least a part of what they deserve and it feels right. I do not know if I will ever reread it, so it is not 5 stars, but I still really liked it and if you are thinking "Hm, do I wanna read this book?". Yeah, you do, just do it, it is a great experience. 
Just a reminder, this book suffers from the "Everything there is so good" syndrome. When you look back from this book on your life and remember the shit you are forced to deal with every day, it is not going to be the greatest experience of your life, you are going to be overwhelmed. The books are for dreaming, we just need to remember that it is more important how happy we are about our dreams and that we can push through understanding that dreams are not reality yet.

Reading notes:

Chloe: “I am not going to fall into Shara Wheeler’s game”
Also Chloe: *goes to find her*

Huh, I see Smith is just sport.
Yo, this is a YA novel where the main character says “I don’t drink” and people listen.

So Smith is queer? Glad we established that. (Chloe literally was like “The only people being cool with me being queer is other queer people. Hm.”)

How did Chloe not figure out yet that Smith and Rory were best friends?

Oh no, it is the part of the book, where the main character ignores their best friend in the middle of something really important. 

Rory is way too obsessed with Shara, it is kinda weird.

Rory is like, a very privileged dyslexic person? I am dyslexic and I never ask people to read stuff to you, you just force yourself to get better, because people are not always going to be there. Sounds rough, but it is not realistic for him to not be able to read things like labels with two letters and he will not immediately hand stuff to other people.

Shara probably wrote notes for Rory and Smith too, they just did not share them with each other (Chloe included) in the same way that Chloe will not share hers. Also, white font colour is not invisible ink.

Why did we stop counting down the days to graduation?

Maybe, I got overconfident in the book and it is actually written for straight people, seeing the whole dialog between Smith and Ash.

Rory is gonna come to the conclusion that he is either not interested in girls or not interested in anyone and he was only interested in Shara, because it seemed like the right thing, right? 

So Shara did make her lose by taking all her attention. And friendships too. 

Bro, Smith told you that Shara is also his, like, best friend, of course he cared enough about her to keep calling her. You do not have to date someone to call them, when they disappear. 

It is kinda funny that Shara would jump out of a car to not think that she might be gay.

Me when I agree with Shara. I totally expected her and Chloe to get right into doing stuff the second they got into Chloe’s home. The vibes are immaculate. 

I wish there wasn’t the whole stereotype of “Yeah, my parents explained me sex, but it was way too awkward”. Like they might as well just read you bible. 

I AM LISTENING TO THE AUDIOBOOK AND THE PERSON READ OUT SHFJSDKHFJSDHF AND THAT IS SUCH A VIBE. 

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itsheyfay's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I found it hard to root for the main couple just because they were both kinda awful people, and I really didn’t like Chloe as the lead character (but that may be due to the audiobook).

But I really liked how McQuiston wrote the friendships and developed the characters.

Not too bad for a YA romance, and not too bad for my first Casey McQuiston novel.

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twirl's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

5.0


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novella42's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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


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emmaward55's review against another edition

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  • 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

 Omg, this book was just a constant stream of "oops, all gays" and I LOVE THAT 

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vagabundenwind's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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lilacsuns's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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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lisa_m's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

I am in love with this book!! This is no doubt one of the absolute best books I have ever read in my entire life!! It's on the same level as RW&RB for me which says A LOT! I didn't think it was possible tbh.

Casey McQuiston is just AMAZING with characters. I feel like every single one of their characters is such a fleshed out person with an interesting personality. Even the side characters that are not really important for the story (like Brooklyn or Summer).

I don't think I can properly get my feelings for this book in a sentence so I'm just going to say I loved it, I never wanted to put it down and I want to reread it like right now. Also I knew after the first few pages that this would be an absolute delight to read. Casey's books just always make me so happy. :)

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jjjreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5


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