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Something About Her by Clementine Taylor

3 reviews

gbrolsma16's review

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emotional hopeful sad 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

4.25

A beautiful coming of age story that captures the way queer young adults can have a youthful, naive, and painful experience growing into who they are beyond high school years. A short but meaningful read that explores the importance of sharing how no one queer persons experience is the same, and the ways those differences can be healing and difficult when brought together. Not exactly tragic, definitely not a fairy tale. Just a realistic story, and in many ways that’s so much better. 
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mothie_girlie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

4.5

 
As always thank you to publishers and Netgalley for a free arc in exchange for an honest review. Please check TW!!

This review contains spoilers, please avoid parenthesis and asterisks if you want to avoid spoilers!!

This book gave me all the feels! I loved the relationship between Aisling and Maya and was rooting so hard for them to get together. The way their story is so real, especially for children of religiously abusive parents. The expression of trauma and grief and how it shows up in even the most wonderful of relationships if you don't take the time to heal was absolutely gorgeous. While not everything was handled the way I wish it would <spoiler >getting absolutely wasted in front of someone that has experienced abuse from an alcoholic is an awful thing for a person to do, partner or otherwise>/spoiler >

 I did thoroughly enjoy this book, I would have absolutely rated it higher if it was properly handled. I will absolutely be looking forward to more from Clementine Taylor!! 

 
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trussell12's review

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emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I absolutely loved this book! It was so hard to put down!! I fell in absolute love with the characters and really like the way in which they were written (especially Maya). The ending took me by surprise. I definitely was not prepared for the plot twist. 

I’m thankful that I got approved by Net Galley to read this. 
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