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bookliandiia's review against another edition
5.0
At first I didn't expect anything much from the book but it turned out a very cosying and easy and fun read, just what I needed at that moment. I had a fun time reading it. The writing, the characters, the atmosphere - all were done really well. I'm still thinking about this book from time to time, although I read it a couple of months ago.
max_the_lesbrarian's review against another edition
5.0
Sometimes a meet-cute is running into someone at a cafe or a bookshop, and sometimes it's quite literally when your mom almost runs them over with her car during a blizzard.
Shani is not having a super great time. Her first-ever girlfriend just broke up with her and she's fighting with her mom, but at least she's just moved down to DC to work a winter paleoichthyology internship of her dreams. And then her mom almost runs someone over with her car. What a way to start a new beginning.
How to Excavate a Heart is the sapphic Jewish holiday romcom of your dreams and I adored every minute of it. It's rare that a book has me glued for hours, but I literally could not put this one down. Each character was so full of life that they at times had me laughing and crying - and I especially loved Shani and May. I don't want to spoil too much, but everything that happened was so incredibly realistic and well-handled. It was a refreshing discussion about relationships - those we have with romantic partners, parents, friends, and even co-workers.
I cannot recommend this book enough, put it on the top of your list for holiday romcoms.
Huge thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Chilrens Books for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest and fair review.
Shani is not having a super great time. Her first-ever girlfriend just broke up with her and she's fighting with her mom, but at least she's just moved down to DC to work a winter paleoichthyology internship of her dreams. And then her mom almost runs someone over with her car. What a way to start a new beginning.
How to Excavate a Heart is the sapphic Jewish holiday romcom of your dreams and I adored every minute of it. It's rare that a book has me glued for hours, but I literally could not put this one down. Each character was so full of life that they at times had me laughing and crying - and I especially loved Shani and May. I don't want to spoil too much, but everything that happened was so incredibly realistic and well-handled. It was a refreshing discussion about relationships - those we have with romantic partners, parents, friends, and even co-workers.
I cannot recommend this book enough, put it on the top of your list for holiday romcoms.
Huge thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins Chilrens Books for the free e-ARC in exchange for an honest and fair review.
booksbydann's review against another edition
4.0
3.75⭐️
'Dead fish can't break your heart. They can only teach you about the world and what it means to exist in it. Also, they've been extinct for millions of years, and in that way they're extremely lucky'.
Re cute. Shani me frustraba bastante pero no deja de ser una adolescente de 18 años lidiando con mil cosas, terminé adorandola. Y a May la adoré desde el principio, mi debilidad por las pelirrojas.
Igual el que se ganó mi corazón es Raphael
'Dead fish can't break your heart. They can only teach you about the world and what it means to exist in it. Also, they've been extinct for millions of years, and in that way they're extremely lucky'.
Re cute. Shani me frustraba bastante pero no deja de ser una adolescente de 18 años lidiando con mil cosas, terminé adorandola. Y a May la adoré desde el principio, mi debilidad por las pelirrojas.
Igual el que se ganó mi corazón es Raphael
sapphicsorcerer'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? Yes
4.0
manic_mantis's review against another edition
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? Yes
4.0
ellaviolet's review against another edition
3.0
this book didn't really hook me for some reason
also saying i love you after knowing each other for like two weeks and having just had a horrible breakup with your first love like one week earlier? i couldn't get past that lol
brooksthebunny's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
zinelib's review against another edition
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
In this girl-gets-loses-gets back girl new adult novel, the lead characters are Nerds. The meet cute is actually a meet hostile, in that Shani and her mom hit May with their car. May isn't injured, but she's very not cool about the incident.
Shani is spending the winter break of her freshman year at Binghamton in Washington, DC in a fish fossil lab. She's fresh off a breakup with her first girlfriend. She's not out to her mom yet, so is mean to her because she can't talk about what she needs to share. May is staying with her dad, a TV weatherperson and being mean to him because he neglects her.
The two meet up when Shani takes a roommate's dog-walking job over Christmas. Shani and May are both Jewish--and both love Christmas music, which, ugh. Their love story is cute, and unlike in a lot of teen/new adult romances, both of them are flawed.
Shani is spending the winter break of her freshman year at Binghamton in Washington, DC in a fish fossil lab. She's fresh off a breakup with her first girlfriend. She's not out to her mom yet, so is mean to her because she can't talk about what she needs to share. May is staying with her dad, a TV weatherperson and being mean to him because he neglects her.
The two meet up when Shani takes a roommate's dog-walking job over Christmas. Shani and May are both Jewish--and both love Christmas music, which, ugh. Their love story is cute, and unlike in a lot of teen/new adult romances, both of them are flawed.
May turns on a cooking show where children sabotage each other to win college scholarships, because we live in a broken country where our kids need to compete to afford higher education. We get extremely sucked in, booing when a kid we don't like steals aged cheddar from a kid we do.