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charvi_not_just_fiction's review against another edition
5.0
i'm an emotional mess, how can you expect a review??
coming soon, as in I have no idea when
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I honestly turn incomprehensible whenever I try writing a review for a book I love but here are some of the reasons why you should pick up WCKMLT:
The slow-burn romance had me dying. Like hello, people just kiss already, why does there have to be so much sexual tension?? But at the same time, I’m not complaining and well, the wait is freaking worth it. A completely swoon-worthy romance!!
The mental health representation was just chef’s kiss.
There’s no one way to romance and this book certainly takes that head-on. On one side we have Tarek the die-hard romantic with his grand gestures and then we have Quinn the cynic who has seen too many weddings fail to believe in romance.
There’s so much food and oh my god I was so freaking hungry.
This book is also very sex-positive so that was great!
And for those of us who are a huge fan of the author’s book Today Tonight Tomorrow, Rowan and Neil make an appearance ahhhh!!!!
Check out my review on Not Just Fiction for more of my thoughts!
coming soon, as in I have no idea when
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I honestly turn incomprehensible whenever I try writing a review for a book I love but here are some of the reasons why you should pick up WCKMLT:
The slow-burn romance had me dying. Like hello, people just kiss already, why does there have to be so much sexual tension?? But at the same time, I’m not complaining and well, the wait is freaking worth it. A completely swoon-worthy romance!!
The mental health representation was just chef’s kiss.
There’s no one way to romance and this book certainly takes that head-on. On one side we have Tarek the die-hard romantic with his grand gestures and then we have Quinn the cynic who has seen too many weddings fail to believe in romance.
There’s so much food and oh my god I was so freaking hungry.
This book is also very sex-positive so that was great!
And for those of us who are a huge fan of the author’s book Today Tonight Tomorrow, Rowan and Neil make an appearance ahhhh!!!!
Check out my review on Not Just Fiction for more of my thoughts!
kthornette's review against another edition
3.0
“We can’t keep meeting like this.”
“You’re the one who followed me here.”
This cover is freaking cute.
It felt like there was no plot for 100+ pages. Even when I finished the book, it didn’t seem like a lot happened.
I didn’t get the point of the supposed/mostly one-sided tension between Quinn and Tarek at the start of the book. It didn’t serve anything since they quickly became or continued to be amicable. I would’ve made them a friends-to-lovers or close proximity trope. But I will give the book credit for not wasting my time with miscommunication. These two were pretty open for the most part.
I always appreciate Solomon’s diverse representation in her books. Other people argue that some of its shoe-horned in for the sake of diversity, but it seemed fine to me. I admit that a lot of the unnecessary info-dumping felt like she was trying to prove she has the diversity here.
Also LOVED all the Chris Evans mentions.
nickcarravay's review against another edition
3.0
There is a lot to like about this book, even some parts to love:
Sex-positivity for high schoolers. Diverse characters with backgrounds, sexual preferences, and religious upbringings. Normalizing mental health and its meaningful and necessary presence in our lives. Parents not being the perfect demi-gods we place on pedistals as children. (I believe in this one with my whole being). All of these are great and important and handled in a lovely way.
I liked Tarek for a variety of reasons, he is sensitive and open, and he puts her needs and emotional well-being before his own quite a few times. He likes “non-traditionally masculine things,” which I wish were not a bonus point, but that isn’t a character flaw of his, as it is a societal flaw to assign meaning when there is none.
I didn’t find Quinn compeling. I found the storyline about a person with OCD important to read. I also believe that younger audiences benefit from reading stories that validate their choice not to know at eigtheen how to spend the rest of their lives. There is so much pressure placed on us to have all the answers all of the time, it’s nice to have a lead not know.
And yet this story didn’t draw me in. I floated in and out of it. I’ve come to expect to be submerged into a Rachel Lynn Solomon world and this one didn’t grab me. Didn’t pull me in so completely, that I had no choice but to keep reading.
You should still read it. Maybe it will make you long for Seattle summers or orgasmic wedding cake or the summer after high school, maybe it won’t. But you should still try and let me know how you felt because your feelings are valid and you should always share them.
Sex-positivity for high schoolers. Diverse characters with backgrounds, sexual preferences, and religious upbringings. Normalizing mental health and its meaningful and necessary presence in our lives. Parents not being the perfect demi-gods we place on pedistals as children. (I believe in this one with my whole being). All of these are great and important and handled in a lovely way.
I liked Tarek for a variety of reasons, he is sensitive and open, and he puts her needs and emotional well-being before his own quite a few times. He likes “non-traditionally masculine things,” which I wish were not a bonus point, but that isn’t a character flaw of his, as it is a societal flaw to assign meaning when there is none.
I didn’t find Quinn compeling. I found the storyline about a person with OCD important to read. I also believe that younger audiences benefit from reading stories that validate their choice not to know at eigtheen how to spend the rest of their lives. There is so much pressure placed on us to have all the answers all of the time, it’s nice to have a lead not know.
And yet this story didn’t draw me in. I floated in and out of it. I’ve come to expect to be submerged into a Rachel Lynn Solomon world and this one didn’t grab me. Didn’t pull me in so completely, that I had no choice but to keep reading.
You should still read it. Maybe it will make you long for Seattle summers or orgasmic wedding cake or the summer after high school, maybe it won’t. But you should still try and let me know how you felt because your feelings are valid and you should always share them.
doublearegee's review against another edition
4.0
A rather nicely written story that goes a long way towards explaining difficult things like OCD, anxiety and depression. Hopefully the honest treatment of more serious subjects alongside a serving of light romance in this YA book will help normalize and destigmatize these topics for people who read it.
bookishlychar's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book so much! Rachel Lynn Solomon continues to really impress me with her characters. I couldn’t put this book down and spent the afternoon reading it. She did an excellent job tackling mental illness and some stereotypes that exist within mental health. I like how the characters normalized medication and the feelings they had surrounding depression, anxiety and OCD. It felt so raw and real.
In Solomon’s YA books I love that her characters don’t have it all figured out and I love that they don’t always have it mapped out with what they are doing. Normalizing that it is okay not to know is awesome in my eyes!
In Solomon’s YA books I love that her characters don’t have it all figured out and I love that they don’t always have it mapped out with what they are doing. Normalizing that it is okay not to know is awesome in my eyes!
ohsrslybooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
taryn_a's review against another edition
I really liked The Ex-Talk, so have been excited about the other Rachel Lynn Solomon books I can get my hands on. But after reading this one and Today Tonight Tomorrow, I think I've realized I'm going to stick with her adult romances and not do the YA anymore as they just don't hit right for me (and I love YA).
mc_readsalot's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 - another example of the "did this book suck or am I getting too old for YA" conundrum
yanocchin's review against another edition
1.0
This was… a book? I HATE Muslim characters! Leave us alone please I don't give a shit about your need to add representation, I don't wanna ever see that! Don't fucking make a Muslim character if theyre going to be secular. The part i hated the most was that it was supposed to be deep but it just, wasn’t. I hated both of the characters sm omg, Quinn is so insufferable and her logic about grand gestures being fake was so stupid and if she got her head out of her own ass for 2 seconds she would see that. Except she doesn't, and spends 95% of the book avoiding her own flawed thinking until it blows up in her face as she deserved! But also Tarek was crazy too like why are you so down to drop 1k on a girl u fell in love with yesterday?