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Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

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lemonix_reads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring relaxing slow-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

5.0

Wow

This is the first time that i read a book and thought: ‘I need an annotation set and I’m gonna annotate this book!’
I will definitely re read this book i love it so much! 🫶

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kafkatattoo's review against another edition

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I didn’t like how it was supposed to be wholesome when it just couldn’t get wholesome

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mec4's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.75

I think this book is sweet, in a fimilar way. Very coming of age teenage girl, full of insecurities sort of vibe. I did not like the sticking to stereotypes, and seeingly unimportant character backstories sprinked throughout which turned this book from good to just okay, based purely on the fact that it was a little cliche for me, and a little anti climactic. It was very predictable and was a little otugh to get through towards the final 10-15 pages. I feel like I have read this book with how cliche and just unorigional the ideas and cast were. Fat girl bullied, bully becomes the love interest. It tries hard to be relateable, but at the expense of origionality and the excitement that keeps readers turning the pages. Overall, just an okay book.

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hollokim's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

3.5

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aliandjupiter14's review against another edition

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inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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readwithjules_'s review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

From the beginning, this book pulled at my heart strings. Jennifer tells a beautiful story between two beautiful people. Watching both Libby and Jack grow throughout the book was super sweet and inspiring. Watching these characters come into themselves and reach their full potential was absolutely amazing. The writing was beautiful as well. The only thing iIm not necessarily a fan of is the amount of cussing, how vulgar the descriptions were of libby, and how Jack only remembers Libby. (Its giving "I can fix him/She fixed me"). But otherwise I have no complaints of this book and I think it is a truly beautiful story. Jennifer has done it yet again.

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potterpav's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i’m rating this a 4 star read bc it’s cute okay ???? it was £1.99 at the oxfam check out , and it looked sweet AND IT WAS !!! the perpetual cycle of grief is so well described in this book and it was nice to read a romance where that was a heavy weight on a character but it didn’t bring her down . i’ve never heard of face blindness before this and it seems so scary , but to me it was explained well and w the right focus on jack as a person instead of his illness coming first . chronic illnesses (whether mental or physical) were so well woven into this book !! the only reason it’s not rated higher is bc by the end i was kinda confused as to why libby kept getting mad at jack lol but i think that’s bc i didn’t concentrate or something .. idk . anyway jack+libby for life sorry for the person i’ll be when the movie comes out TRUST ME DADDY🤞🏼🗣️‼️

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