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evarano's review against another edition
1.0
DNF @ 10%.
This felt too young and underdeveloped, we just plopped down in the middle of this story with these mean characters and it didn’t make sense. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.
This felt too young and underdeveloped, we just plopped down in the middle of this story with these mean characters and it didn’t make sense. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the free preview in exchange for an honest review.
cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
1.0
I just couldn't get into this one, it was just so boring.
indigoivee's review against another edition
4.0
Okay, I’ve been wanting to read this book for some time now, I really liked the title and was very intrigued. And let me just say, it delivered.
From the main character, to the love interest(s), to the plot, this book was brilliant. I love how cynical our main character was about love, but wasn’t two dimensional about it, she was willing to give it a chance even given the history with love she had. She was amazing and stubborn and totally relatable. The love plot gave us strangers-to-lovers, but then, love-triangle, but also, ex-best-friends-cousin, and then, best-friend-to-enemies-to-lovers. It was totally chaotic and really showed how people can have more than one love interest in a not so quirky way. I loved how the sevens were delivered and I loved the spice (
From the main character, to the love interest(s), to the plot, this book was brilliant. I love how cynical our main character was about love, but wasn’t two dimensional about it, she was willing to give it a chance even given the history with love she had. She was amazing and stubborn and totally relatable. The love plot gave us strangers-to-lovers, but then, love-triangle, but also, ex-best-friends-cousin, and then, best-friend-to-enemies-to-lovers. It was totally chaotic and really showed how people can have more than one love interest in a not so quirky way. I loved how the sevens were delivered and I loved the spice (
amym84's review against another edition
3.0
Aubrey Cash has seen first hand that love doesn't last just by living with her parents and their ever deteriorating relationship the past few years. So when she meets and forms a close friendship - that is slowly evolving into something more - with new next door neighbor Webster, the heartbreak is even more devastating when he stands her up at Homecoming.
Now, as Aubrey heads into Senior year, she's just focused on getting out of there, going to college, and leaving everything behind. When she meets a cute guy at a party, she thinks she might want to let down her barriers again, but when she finds out this guy is Webster's cousin, she's pulled back into his orbit and forced to confront what may, or may not, have happened on Homecoming night.
It's pretty apparent from the getgo that things don't add up when it comes to that fateful Homecoming night. So I think that kind of drives the story quite a bit. When are we going to understand where things went wrong between Aubrey and Webster? Not really from Aubrey's perspective, because the entire story is told from her point of view, but from Wester.
So readers have to go through the process of Aubrey and Webster getting to the point where they can move beyond the hurt they've caused one another and actually talk. And really since it's only Aubrey's POV, it's Aubrey coming to terms with the dissolution of her parents' marriage which tarnishes her ideas of love. She's also at a precipice in her own life, where she's getting ready to go off to college by herself, away from her best friend.
It certainly wasn't hard to discern why Aubrey closed herself off so much, and why she kind of begins to hold herself apart from others: self-preservation, protecting herself from a broken heart. I just wish that we got to see more of her finding her way. More of the moments that she does decide that her parents' relationship is, yes, one way a relationship can go, but it's not the only way. More of Aubrey understanding that starting a new chapter in her life, doesn't mean things have to end. By the time we get to that point with Aubrey a majority of the book is done. While one could say that this encompasses Aubrey's journey - which is true - I would have loved to see Aubrey living with her more open persona.
The moments between Aubrey and Webster, you can just feel their connection. You feel them inching their way towards one another. I kept finding myself reading faster to get to their moments together and then savoring those moments when they would come up. I think that Emily Henry utilized this dynamic in the best way possible to keep the story flowing.
I think that Five Ways to Fall Out of Love speaks a lot to the transition time between childhood and adulthood. Having to grow up and be on your own and realizing that you don't have to give up who you are and where you came from to move forward with your life. I just wish we had seen Aubrey have this realization and see her incorporate that into her life a bit before ending.
*ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
Now, as Aubrey heads into Senior year, she's just focused on getting out of there, going to college, and leaving everything behind. When she meets a cute guy at a party, she thinks she might want to let down her barriers again, but when she finds out this guy is Webster's cousin, she's pulled back into his orbit and forced to confront what may, or may not, have happened on Homecoming night.
It's pretty apparent from the getgo that things don't add up when it comes to that fateful Homecoming night. So I think that kind of drives the story quite a bit. When are we going to understand where things went wrong between Aubrey and Webster? Not really from Aubrey's perspective, because the entire story is told from her point of view, but from Wester.
So readers have to go through the process of Aubrey and Webster getting to the point where they can move beyond the hurt they've caused one another and actually talk. And really since it's only Aubrey's POV, it's Aubrey coming to terms with the dissolution of her parents' marriage which tarnishes her ideas of love. She's also at a precipice in her own life, where she's getting ready to go off to college by herself, away from her best friend.
It certainly wasn't hard to discern why Aubrey closed herself off so much, and why she kind of begins to hold herself apart from others: self-preservation, protecting herself from a broken heart. I just wish that we got to see more of her finding her way. More of the moments that she does decide that her parents' relationship is, yes, one way a relationship can go, but it's not the only way. More of Aubrey understanding that starting a new chapter in her life, doesn't mean things have to end. By the time we get to that point with Aubrey a majority of the book is done. While one could say that this encompasses Aubrey's journey - which is true - I would have loved to see Aubrey living with her more open persona.
The moments between Aubrey and Webster, you can just feel their connection. You feel them inching their way towards one another. I kept finding myself reading faster to get to their moments together and then savoring those moments when they would come up. I think that Emily Henry utilized this dynamic in the best way possible to keep the story flowing.
I think that Five Ways to Fall Out of Love speaks a lot to the transition time between childhood and adulthood. Having to grow up and be on your own and realizing that you don't have to give up who you are and where you came from to move forward with your life. I just wish we had seen Aubrey have this realization and see her incorporate that into her life a bit before ending.
*ARC provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
bookish_kayy's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 rounded up to 4.
I really wanted to love this. Was super excited about the premise, and was intrigued by the usage of Bayes Rules by a teenage girl in respect to life and love.
Unfortunately, the use of this instead gave me an overly cynical teenage girl, with a habit of constantly doing or saying the wrong thing to the people she cared about.
And then there was Webster. I like to read about mean boys, but the things he said and did were crafted for maximum impact/cruelty, and there wasn’t much to redeem him. I didn’t understand why everyone else in the book seemed to like him. I still don’t.
I think the shining piece in this story was simply Holland, Reese and Lucy, of course.
The miscommunication/ blatant lack of communication trope was strongly present here.
It’s not a reread for me, but it wasn’t a hit either.
I really wanted to love this. Was super excited about the premise, and was intrigued by the usage of Bayes Rules by a teenage girl in respect to life and love.
Unfortunately, the use of this instead gave me an overly cynical teenage girl, with a habit of constantly doing or saying the wrong thing to the people she cared about.
And then there was Webster. I like to read about mean boys, but the things he said and did were crafted for maximum impact/cruelty, and there wasn’t much to redeem him. I didn’t understand why everyone else in the book seemed to like him. I still don’t.
I think the shining piece in this story was simply Holland, Reese and Lucy, of course.
The miscommunication/ blatant lack of communication trope was strongly present here.
It’s not a reread for me, but it wasn’t a hit either.
mzdeb's review against another edition
3.0
I received a digital ARC from NetGalley.
Mean Dudes--I'm sorry, more like Cruel Dudes--never fly with me, even if they eventually explain their meanness and there's this small kernel of sweetness in the middle. (Yes, I'm talking about Webster.) Then Baye's Theorem is brought into it for the "five ways" concept, and maybe it was a week of mental exhaustion for me (then again, when isn't it), because I would just space when Aubrey talked about it. I get Aubrey's cynicism about romance given her parents' shitty marriage, but then falling for the guy who has decided to use you as a punching bag doesn't make any sense.. I felt really bad for Webster's cousin, Holland. Also, I didn't like that Webster was given the stereotypical "horny bisexual" trope. Like, obviously not all straight guys are players, but Webster as he was written inadvertently contributed to the "all bisexuals sleep with anyone" stereotype.
Mean Dudes--I'm sorry, more like Cruel Dudes--never fly with me, even if they eventually explain their meanness and there's this small kernel of sweetness in the middle. (Yes, I'm talking about Webster.) Then Baye's Theorem is brought into it for the "five ways" concept, and maybe it was a week of mental exhaustion for me (then again, when isn't it), because I would just space when Aubrey talked about it. I get Aubrey's cynicism about romance given her parents' shitty marriage, but then falling for the guy who has decided to use you as a punching bag doesn't make any sense.
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I guess Webster gets a few points for going down on Aubrey and giving her an orgasm, but whatever.alyabbs's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25