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funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-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
Really nice book, loved how relatable the main character was and how relatable the problems in the book were ( not the fictional character come to life problem but the other ones lol)! Feel motivated to read more books by the author!
It was so promising. And it was such a disappointment. I am very sad because I expected so much from that book. Fanfiction has been my life for the past almost 20 years and there were so much to do, so many references to get and it was so boring I gave up. And I feel bad because I love Sophie Gonzales but this one is a no.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Personally im not a fan of the whole jumping from present to past back to the present thing but i still enjoyed the book nonetheless. I really enjoyed how the more i read, the funnier it got.
As someone with a really active imagination, i lovingly dread the idea of one of my characters coming to life. I still cant get over weston's development and change near the end, its like a living nightmare that i never want to experience.
At the end when the are meeting chase, especially the coffee shop scene, i got the feeling that weston hadnt actually disappeared and instead became chase, probably to keep an eye on Ivy.
As someone with a really active imagination, i lovingly dread the idea of one of my characters coming to life. I still cant get over weston's development and change near the end, its like a living nightmare that i never want to experience.
At the end when the are meeting chase, especially the coffee shop scene, i got the feeling that weston hadnt actually disappeared and instead became chase, probably to keep an eye on Ivy.
Okay. Listen. I understand that the "how?! and why?!" of it all of the basic plot-propellant of this novel—imaginary fanfic version of a character comes to life and the author of that fanfic has to deal with it; wackiness ensues—is secondary to the emotional growth of the characters and all. But we all agree this is an insane thing to happen in an otherwise normal world, right? And to just never address it! And never explain it!! And when all is said and done for all the characters to know about it to just massively shrug!!! I couldn't get past it, I'm sorry, it was just too weird for such an otherwise emotionally grounded book—if everything was like 40% wackier I could let it go, but the whole rest of the book was about like, wildly normal stuff and big, important feelings. Weird choices were made here!
funny
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
As a fanfic reader, watching some of my favorite tropes play out absolutely tickled me! This story was a delight.
Careful what you wish for.
This book was absolutely adorable and so much fun I couldn't put it down. I loved the characters so much and the idea of a character i wrote coming to life is both a dream and a nightmare. Even though I've seen this idea done several times the say Gonzales wrote it was so fresh and humor I couldn't stop reading.
I also felt like the chemistry between all f he chemistry was so authentic. The friendship and the way it develops between the mc and her best friend was so real and so natural.
If I had to make a complaint it would be the the fall out happened between the mc and her former best friend. It felt a little far fetched that they would go from best friends to enemies over something minor. I could see them just not being friends but enemies took it a little far for me. Then again its been a while since I was in high school and everything is different when you are a teen.
Overall I would say this is a really solid read. I can definitely see this being a hit with fans of Love Simon or To All the Boys I Loved Before.
This book was absolutely adorable and so much fun I couldn't put it down. I loved the characters so much and the idea of a character i wrote coming to life is both a dream and a nightmare. Even though I've seen this idea done several times the say Gonzales wrote it was so fresh and humor I couldn't stop reading.
I also felt like the chemistry between all f he chemistry was so authentic. The friendship and the way it develops between the mc and her best friend was so real and so natural.
If I had to make a complaint it would be the the fall out happened between the mc and her former best friend. It felt a little far fetched that they would go from best friends to enemies over something minor. I could see them just not being friends but enemies took it a little far for me. Then again its been a while since I was in high school and everything is different when you are a teen.
Overall I would say this is a really solid read. I can definitely see this being a hit with fans of Love Simon or To All the Boys I Loved Before.
The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist is really cute story of Ivy, a shy junior in high school who uses her free time to obsess over H-MAD (a fictional tv show) and write fanfiction (about H-MAD). She's a sweet, slightly over parented child who has an ace/aro bestie, and a lesbian ex-bestie neighbor, turned nemesis. Her life is perfectly imperfect, filled with drama and silliness until her parents leave her alone for 4 days to go on a work trip and she wakes up the next day with Weston from H-MAD in her bed.
This book does a lot of things right. I think the representation of LGBTQIA characters, especially teenagers, is really good, and the care and execution of the development of those characters is very well done. The coming of age reckonings for Ivy herself are inspiring and sweet. She does some real self reflection, and I grew very proud of her as a person, because we get to know her very well over the course of the story.
This book, unfortunately, dragged a lot in the middle. I got about halfway through before I really struggled everyday to finish it. I think the beginning and the end were very well done. The dialogue was funny, and the conflict was really silly. This book did a great job of not taking itself too seriously and being such an affectionate retelling of self-insert fanfictions written by millions of little girls on Wattpad back in early to mid 2010's. That being said, I did not enjoy the climax and or conflict resolution. I think that the story had a lot of whimsical and silly elements that it should have leaned in to a bit more, such as Ivy being an unreliable narrator, as well as Weston being magical, but not having magic. I think if the entire conflict had ended up just being a fever dream by Ivy, it would have been more believable, but for what it was, it was okay. The conflict was resolved, I just didn't feel satisfied by it. Just a little bit confusing. Is Ivy magic? Why was that never explained? I have more questions than answers at the resolution, which soured my experience a bit.
Regardless, I enjoyed the story. It felt like a warm hug of a read.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, and Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This book does a lot of things right. I think the representation of LGBTQIA characters, especially teenagers, is really good, and the care and execution of the development of those characters is very well done. The coming of age reckonings for Ivy herself are inspiring and sweet. She does some real self reflection, and I grew very proud of her as a person, because we get to know her very well over the course of the story.
This book, unfortunately, dragged a lot in the middle. I got about halfway through before I really struggled everyday to finish it. I think the beginning and the end were very well done. The dialogue was funny, and the conflict was really silly. This book did a great job of not taking itself too seriously and being such an affectionate retelling of self-insert fanfictions written by millions of little girls on Wattpad back in early to mid 2010's. That being said, I did not enjoy the climax and or conflict resolution. I think that the story had a lot of whimsical and silly elements that it should have leaned in to a bit more, such as Ivy being an unreliable narrator, as well as Weston being magical, but not having magic. I think if the entire conflict had ended up just being a fever dream by Ivy, it would have been more believable, but for what it was, it was okay. The conflict was resolved, I just didn't feel satisfied by it. Just a little bit confusing. Is Ivy magic? Why was that never explained? I have more questions than answers at the resolution, which soured my experience a bit.
Regardless, I enjoyed the story. It felt like a warm hug of a read.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, and Wednesday Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was very sweet and I loved the fan fiction premise! Fan fiction is such a beautiful part of fandoms and I thought the peek into it from a high school perspective was especially great. It was a quick read with a satisfying happy ending.
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No