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Plan A by Deb Caletti

8 reviews

dancingprince's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

For the message and the way it was delivered. Thank you. I feel seen.

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libscote's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is one look at how a teen in a state where abortion is outlawed would go about getting one. In this situation, the teen is lucky enough to have family out of state to stay with and support her. This book also briefly addresses what happens when people use laws that say that if you aid someone getting an abortion, you can be sued. An important, timely look at one woman's choice.

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rhiannon_loves_books's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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whomever_0's review

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

It's a great read and very poignant for this time. Caletti does a great job on expressing on how abortion is entrenched in women's history and how many women carry stories about abortion, pregnancy, and sex that aren't ever really shared. The central theme of this novel is choice and how sometimes choice is taken away or threatened. I do have mixed feelings about the SA that leads to Ivy's pregnancy.

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allymcrory's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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betweentheshelves's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm not going to lie, I had to sit with this book for a while before figuring how to rate it. This story is...a lot. It's an important story, but it's a lot. Like most Deb Caletti books, she doesn't shy away from topics that affect teen girls today, and this book takes on the abortion issue head on. Yes, some of the heaviness is balanced out with Ivy and Lorenzo's road trip fun, but you know that there are many women who find themselves in the same place Ivy is. And the fallout for most of them is just as bad as it is for Ivy.

In addition to the abortion issues, Ivy spends a lot of the book thinking about Christianity and the way that religion had turned all of her best friends against her. One quote that stuck out to me in particular:

"I'm just not sure I trust him [God] when the people that love him the loudest can be so cruel."

Just oof. So much weight in just that quote. I'm not sure that this will be the most popular book with teens, but I hope that it makes it to the teens that need it. Or the not teens that need it. Because, like Ivy learns on her own journey, women aren't alone.

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unforgivenparrot58's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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kpetz1's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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