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helloclarisse's review against another edition
3.0
this was ok! there was a lot going on and there were so many characters that it was hard to keep track of at times, and the final conflict/plot-point felt very rushed and out of nowhere. i feel like this might make a good movie but it was only an ok book.
cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
4.0
I absolutely enjoyed this book!
I thought I would like it, I thought it would be interesting, but I didn't expect to love it as much as I do.
This was so well written, and the story was so good, I absolutely loved Doe and Wells!
This May End Badly is a great debut from Markum, and I can't wait to read more from her.
ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I thought I would like it, I thought it would be interesting, but I didn't expect to love it as much as I do.
This was so well written, and the story was so good, I absolutely loved Doe and Wells!
This May End Badly is a great debut from Markum, and I can't wait to read more from her.
ARC kindly provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
hniereads's review against another edition
5.0
I LOVED it! It was perfect. It was grossly cute and it’s so unfairly underrated! They are rivals who fake date to make his cousin/her ex jealous! And end up falling for each other. I love doe and wells so much
lbarsk's review against another edition
3.0
Actually 3.5 stars.
This was a fun, quasi-enemies-to-lovers YA romance and feminist character growth book. I obviously love the fact that Wells LOVED DOE SO MUCH and was all in on supporting her and stanning, and I found Doe’s gradual realization of her own feelings for Wells charming too. The female friendships in the book are what its core really should be, and for the most part I found those compelling; at times it did seem like “hey we are just constantly throwing new side characters at you,” but also in high school my friend group was huge too, so I get it.
The issue I think is that the book was trying to handle like five plots at once, and while it did round all of them off in a fairly satisfactory way at the end, I wonder if cutting even one of those strands out would’ve given the other plots room to breathe. Doe’s conflicted feelings about leaving high school and heading to college; Wells’ own interiority and the ways in which he and Doe are really good for each other; Doe’s friendships growing and changing as each young woman pursues her own interests while still loving and supporting her friends; THE SEXUAL HARASSER CHARACTER and that entire subplot; Doe’s complex relationship with her parents! Like… WOW okay that is a LOT to pack in. And again, it’s not like any one strand is tackled poorly, it’s just — how much *stronger* could some of these have been without the other ones going on?
All in all, though, I’d definitely recommend this to high school aged girls because the romance is sweet and it has a bunch of good messages about friendship and feminist action/allyship/protest tactics.
This was a fun, quasi-enemies-to-lovers YA romance and feminist character growth book. I obviously love the fact that Wells LOVED DOE SO MUCH and was all in on supporting her and stanning, and I found Doe’s gradual realization of her own feelings for Wells charming too. The female friendships in the book are what its core really should be, and for the most part I found those compelling; at times it did seem like “hey we are just constantly throwing new side characters at you,” but also in high school my friend group was huge too, so I get it.
The issue I think is that the book was trying to handle like five plots at once, and while it did round all of them off in a fairly satisfactory way at the end, I wonder if cutting even one of those strands out would’ve given the other plots room to breathe. Doe’s conflicted feelings about leaving high school and heading to college; Wells’ own interiority and the ways in which he and Doe are really good for each other; Doe’s friendships growing and changing as each young woman pursues her own interests while still loving and supporting her friends; THE SEXUAL HARASSER CHARACTER and that entire subplot; Doe’s complex relationship with her parents! Like… WOW okay that is a LOT to pack in. And again, it’s not like any one strand is tackled poorly, it’s just — how much *stronger* could some of these have been without the other ones going on?
All in all, though, I’d definitely recommend this to high school aged girls because the romance is sweet and it has a bunch of good messages about friendship and feminist action/allyship/protest tactics.
kaeliwolf's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful writing and character interactions. I'd compare the writing style to that of Casey McQuiston, which is nothing but a compliment. It's definitely a worthy read.
kadijaaa's review against another edition
4.0
[TW: sexual harassment]
thank you st. martin’s press and netgalley for this arc!!
thank you st. martin’s press and netgalley for this arc!!
izzys_internet_bookshelf's review against another edition
2.0
2/5
At first when I started reading this, I was uninterested but toward the end it got a little better. Overall, it wasn't really my thing and I felt like the book took forever to read and I had almost not motivation to read it as well.
At first when I started reading this, I was uninterested but toward the end it got a little better. Overall, it wasn't really my thing and I felt like the book took forever to read and I had almost not motivation to read it as well.
itsnoterica's review against another edition
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? Yes
4.0