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All The Right Notes by Dominic Lim

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knunderb's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

A beautiful, funny, lovely book. I truly enjoyed how the love story unfolded and how the characters grew over the novel.

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cleo_reads's review against another edition

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Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Emotionally compelling debut gay romance between a Filipino American pianist and his former high school bff / secret crush turned mega famous movie star.

The pacing was a little off. And it’s definitely heavier than the light hearted cover implies.

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20sidedbi's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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nina_readsbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad slow-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

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pawtory's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

I thought this was a really solid romance and one of the best audiobooks I've heard, loved the incorporation of actual music. I do hope it gets a stage musical version some day. Appreciated the diversity - AAPI & neurodivergent MCs, Black trans best friend. It was written to be a romcom tho (according to author coda) and I didn't really find myself laughing much. Also the MC could be randomly critical of (unimportant) things that made me dislike him a bit. He was flawed but not really given much character growth for addressing the flaws? And there was enough sad stuff in it (mind the triggers) that it really didn't feel like a romcom. Overall well written and I think more people should check it out.

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schweibertsm's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad slow-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

4.5

This book was so good, I love Quito's father so much and the flashbacks to how Emmett and Quito's friendship and relationship developed. This book had so many lovely moments, but there were also some moments I just wanted to skip past, mainly anything with Mark. I love that the audiobook had actual singing. This also would have been great have dual perspective. Definitely a favorite for this year.

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caitevans7's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.75

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thanys_thoughts's review against another edition

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4.0

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paulineerika's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I was so excited for this book when I first heard of it and even more excited after a friend recommended the audiobook to me, because of the music featured in the audiobook. When Spotify Premium began offering free audiobooks, I jumped at the chance to listen.

Unfortunately, a few things keep me from rating it higher:

I hate the miscommunication trope and this particular miscommunication that separated Quito and Emmett for so long didn't justify the length of that separation.
The flashbacks took up too much of the book. I liked them in the beginning, but it dragged on too long and took too much away from the present-day story.
I couldn't really buy that Quito was 38. He came off as a lot younger.
Quito himself was problematic in so many ways. He was incredibly self-absorbed, insecure and anxious to the point where it felt like he constantly needed to have his hand held and be told things were okay (which, as someone with anxiety and depression, I totally understand, but his seemed to go overboard and actually start affecting his relationships with others by making them all about him), judgmental of everyone (including poor Celeste, which was not cool), and oblivious to so much.
When Milton confided in him, it seemed pretty obvious where that part of the story was going, but Quito stubbornly stuck to traditional gender roles and had to be educated by Ujima, which feels like putting a lot of emotional labor on someone else.
I hated the death. It didn't feel necessary to me, especially for a book that was supposed to be about joy.
Also, as a smaller note, I wanted to hear more music in the audiobook.

All that being said, this book has so much heart and love, which is its absolute strength. Even if I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to, I know it will mean so much to other people and I love that about it.

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rachelmichelson's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

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