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bree_of_the_woods's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Infidelity and Violence
Minor: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
andrea_makes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Gun violence
emilygibbs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexism and Sexual content
ilsntx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Second, Ali writes in such a fun, unique way, which always makes me finish her books.
Third, the book is very predictable, which is fine with me. That is, until the end where your literally left going....huh? Truly, this is the second book by Ali that I've read and I'm just so dissatisfied with the ending. Like, ya, it's all rainbows and butterflies, but the FMC didn't do jack crap to make it that way.
Fourth, Levi is to literally die for.
Fifth, I don't usually finish books that I would rate a 2, but like I said, Ali's writing draws you in, and drags you along, it's just the plot that always leaves me feeling disconnected.
Graphic: Sexual content
elaineyh1216's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, and Death of parent
noellegrace8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The premise is interesting and chapter headings are as clever as ever. I didn't like the way Bee treated Levi toward the end, but I was glad it got resolved quickly enough. Speaking of resolution, it gets almost cheesy at some point, especially with the protective cat, and the severe tension of the ending is uncomfortabbly unexpected. Plus the twitter subplot is built up so much with very little reward. But the epilogue was actually useful! Normally, I don't really see the point of prologues & epilogues, but this one was worth the pages.
I give Brooke Bloomingdale 5/5⭐️. She does the perfect narration.
Graphic: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism
idk_indigo's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
I feel like Ali Hazelwood knows how to write exactly 3 characters. The first is a quirky, weird side character and there's always something about her to add a little diversity.
The second is a tall, smart, handsome white guy love interest with blue/green eyes and muscles for days.
The third is (I'm fully assuming this because I actually don't know her in real life) herself.
I appreciate it though, however, I do think the reason why I didn't love this as much as TLH is because this is the same book just slightly to the left and I read that one first so it's automatically better. I think reading a third one would be overkill and I will just flat out not like it. Like hearing the same joke 3x.
Also I hated the main villain,
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexual content
Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Infidelity
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
icarusandthesun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
the cute: romance, science, social commentary!
i liked nearly everything about levi, from his calm demeanor, to his rationality, attitude and (soft) personality. bee and levi shared some cute moments, and their relationship seemed genuine and built on common interests and values (veganism, science, cats, hummingbirds, movies and music), which i enjoyed. i liked the banter, and both characters as a couple were likable enough. i enjoyed the science talk, and the feminist and social commentary, and the facts about Marie Curie!
the questionable: everything else.
the characters, especially rocío and kaylee, seemed like cheap clichés. the 'villain' was disney-esque (seriously, there is an "i'm telling you all about my evil plans and schemes" scene, which could've been copy-pasted into a mystery book for children and no one would've batted an eye).
bee started to seriously get on my nerves circa 60% into the book. she makes my sense of delusion seem like a daydream in comparison: "he hates me", "this is not a date", "we're just friends-with-benefits", la di da – girl, he literally asked you to move in with him, be for fucking real.
the miscommunication was hard to read sometimes, and so was her crying over every single roadkill (she's an empath and i'm a cold bastard, apparently).
the plotline with her ex-fiancé tim and ex-best friend annie was anticlimactic, utterly pointless and boring – first and foremost because tim has no redeeming qualities, is a completely unambiguous, black-and-white character that served only as a tragic background for bee and to explain her immense fear of social commitment. he's shoved into the readers' faces ("he's bad!") and it stays that way from start to finish. (nearly the same thing applies to annie.)
the ending (and big reveal) was goofy at best, and a shitshow at worst. it completely took me out of the illusion of the book.
levi and bee got some closure and a nice ending, which is cool. the romance was the only thing carrying this book at this point, so an epilogue that was not completely disappointing seems like a big-enough win to happily accept and glutton over.
fun! wouldn't read again.
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
the_reading_italian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident and Death of parent
madanxiety's review against another edition
3.0
Aside from the wlw side-plot, this book did set itself apart from her other novels in 1-2 major ways,
Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship