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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

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hmatt's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

Another more-than-meets-the-eye love story by Beth O'Leary. I described her style in my review of The Road Trip, as "a hilariously-told and very cute romance with complex characters and a slightly ridiculous premise", which mostly holds true for this novel as well. I'll say that this story is a bit more solemn, though, and deals with some heavier topics. I didn't quite connect with the characters as much as I have in some of her other books - I wish some of the POV storylines had been more fleshed out, I think this would have helped. But that's sort of what you get when you've got 3-4 main characters in an average-sized novel, so.

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cepbreed's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

I love books that just perfectly fall into place like this. My emotions were constantly running so high after our introduction to the timeline. Jesus. I hated Joseph Carter and I think I still would if

I hadn’t experienced loss myself. Books with loss always take me aback now. I don’t know if I will ever be able to handle it.

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lauramparis's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted sad 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? Yes

4.0

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thefatpaperback's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

4.0

I knew this book had big twists in it, but I didn’t know what they were. Even knowing their were twists and turns to the story, I was surprised but the way things unraveled and ended. It was a pleasant surprise, too. Not a favorite read, but good wiring and a good story.

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sofieskj's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

I am still crying. I loved this book so much. I did not see that plot twist coming, it made me speechless. I did have a feeling that Jospeh would not end up being so bad in the end. I feel like this book teaches you to not juge someone before you know the whole story. It also makes you reflect on life and to appricate it and the pepole who you surround yourself with. This is a book that i will defrintley recomend to everyone. It is some much more than a love story.

The majority of the book I was confuesed while reading, and in the begining i had a hard starting to read. But it got better after a whlie. Especially after the plot twist, i did not see that coming. And i love that there a technically hits throughout the book that it might happen. And other things tha happens after the plot twist. Like the grefing books with other stuff, for me hinted about that something might happen to Siobhan. And i loved the two women he rally loved, how much there stories were connected. And I loved Mir story too, how it was some kind of connection there, but also just a complitly diffrent story to. And Aj shiped them togehter so much. I will say that this book left me with a sad but happy feeling. I loved it, and i feel happy, but also sad. I have this feeling that i will never get that love. It was sooooooo sad. <spolier>

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