3.18k reviews for:

Bad Summer People

Emma Rosenblum

3.29 AVERAGE

steen19's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

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Writing is too choppy. 

annaelisekellyyy's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brothena's review against another edition

4.0

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I recently had to put my kindle on airplane mode for some light library-theft, and felt motivated to chip away at my kindle graveyard since I've been reading so much frontlist. Decided to read this, which I put on my TBR in 2023 and had heard of through one of my newsletters, consumed on kindle. 

This book is gossipsy fun if you enjoy an "I love mess" sort of story, very much rich-people-behaving-badly. Mostly everyone is kind of a bad person, which helps the reader to not feel too badly for anyone. You learn at the beginning that someone has died, and I felt like I barreled through this book until we learned that person's identity and then I did not really care as much anymore. Overall, though, I had fun reading this in a voyeuristic, eating-popcorn-while-people-ruin-their-own-lives sort of way. a perfect beach read/ airplane book.  

meghturnsthepage's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

read_my_vibe's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kaetea_que's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

srobs24's review against another edition

4.5

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katilew42's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

juhudit's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

amy_monkiewicz's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced