Reviews - The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

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The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist

Sophie Gonzales

3.47 AVERAGE

jalb610's review against another edition

3.0

inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Found the main storyline of the fanfiction brought to life interesting, but wished and/or expected more of the sapphic relationship, not just the crush. The most tense and emotional part was definitely towards the end, where Weston basically turned into god and poor Ivy was oberpowered. The little bit of Ivys and Macks relationship we got at the end was the sweetest of it all, loved it. Gotta say tho, I am not that happy with Ivy, she just often times feels more like a 13 or 12 year old than a 16 year old, which may not sound like much, but sure feels like it. Idk maybe its the way her fics were written or that she sometimes acted kinda selfish or childish when it came to the fact that Weston leaving or vanishing as they say would be the best solution to it all. Henry is the real one tho, love that aro/ace nerd.

rachelsmith3773's review against another edition

3.0

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

romantasybooklover's review against another edition

2.25

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emma_j_croft's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anncastle67's review against another edition

2.0

It was terrible but it leaves absolutely nothing to the reader and will do all of the thinking for you.

rosmelie's review

4.25

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a really interesting read! Not only will this book make you ponder what it would be like if your perfect person, the way you wrote them, existed…but what it would be like if other pieces of your life were taken away because of it!

From someone who delved into writing fanfiction once upon a time, this book gave me plenty of reminders of how little pieces of ourselves go into the characters someone else created. Ivy wakes up one morning to find out that Weston, the fictional main character of H-MAD is now alive…and he’s everything she ever dreamed of. Or did she? We get some back and forth of how she met her current best friend Henry, and how she seemingly lost her former best friend Mack. Weston is the catalyst that could bring them all together, or make Mack and Henry completely forget Ivy.

I liked that Ivy had to start making realizations about herself. It showed growth, and acknowledgement that she internalized some things.

Honestly if you write FF yourself, I’d highly recommend reading this one!