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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

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alisonreadsitall's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

Wowwww. 🤩 This was a top read of 2022 for me!

I honestly didn't think I would enjoy it from the blurb, but was pleasantly surprised! There were some twists and turns and the author keeps you guessing what's going to happen next. I also didn't expect to cry, but Beth O'Leary keeps the punches coming. 😭

While the main event takes place on Valentine's Day, it's not a specific holiday read so you can read it anytime. I can honestly see myself re-reading this one again soon!

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laura_t21's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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krabs's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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helenmagdalena's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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neera_duke's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I'd like to start this off by offering an official apology to Joseph Carter - I'm so sorry for all the things I said about you in the first half of the book.

In my defense though, Beth O'Leary kept everything very tightly under wraps for that entire first half.

This was a total mummy book, but once it starts unwrapping, it really is beautiful. But the beginning is super slow!

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ekclar's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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marylinaris's review against another edition

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emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Going into this book, based on the synopsis, I expected something completely different, maybe something more in the vein of John Tucker Must Die, definitely something more fun and more romance-focused. I did not expect to start a giant spreadsheet to keep the timeline straight and several pages of notes to keep track of all the characters, though.

The start of the book dragged a little, following three women, who each have a handful of supporting characters, in their individual stories took a while to get used to. Having three main characters was just a little too much and kept me from being fully emotionally invested during the first half of the book. Especially since I felt that the three women, at that point, lacked distinct character voices. Once we’ve hit the 60%-ish mark though, the story started to pick up and really had me hooked.

Several of the twists were easy to guess, while some were well hidden through the evasiveness of the narration. Guessing any of the twists didn’t take away from the suspense of it all though.

The emotional damage I received after guessing the end and having to watch him delete the ‘My day :)’ calendar entries though, I will never recover.

Overall less romantic than the whole of it would suggest, and more of a realistic, emotional slice of life with an incredibly strong end.

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