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Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg

7 reviews

beebowbabe's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

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

4.0

In most romance novels you meet the couple at the beginning of the book and the story is all about them finding their way to each other before the end. In this story there are two different guys the main woman is in love with in her life and up until the very end of the epilogue I was not sure who she was going to have her happily ever after with.
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camilleisreading24's review

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

3.0

I’m struggling to rate this. It’s out of my comfort zone and had some elements I didn’t care for. At the same time, it was compelling enough to keep me reading and had lots of wit and humor mixed in with the heavy themes. For that reason, I give it 3 stars.

Fans of 2nd chance love, love triangles, and messy and angsty stories told through multiple timelines will want to pick this up! I’m not sure if it truly qualifies as a romance but it had a strong romantic plot. 

I didn’t like the rushed feeling of the last few chapters. Some major plot points got stuffed in there and I was like, “Wait, what?” And, I wasn’t really torn between the two love interests because one of them sucks (iykyk). There’s some very cringey messy stuff going on — which is likely a selling point for some readers. I was very on the fence and while I wanted to know what would happen, I also found the pace to be lagging at times. This book felt longer than 330 pages. 
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andrearahman's review

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.25

A beautiful and devastating story about lost opportunities, wrong timing, regret, hope, changing dreams, and lost love. Didn't expect it to hit so hard but Greenberg did a great job layering the situational complexities, creating very complex characters, bringing out complex and competing emotions from the reader. Complexly bittersweet. I feel proud of the main character for her choices and authenticity and loyalty to herself. Definitely ended up sobbing near the end but feel good about the actual finale
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vanesst's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.0

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wilsoncolleen's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted slow-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

3.5

Honestly, love the story and the journey Maggie goes on to find herself. I was pretty disappointed in the rushed ending, I would’ve loved some insight into the happy ever after. Otherwise a great story. 
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whatemilysreading's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

5.0

I really just loved this book you guys. I know Alison is a Swiftie and this book FELT like a fountain pen song in the best way and iykyk. ARG has solidified herself as an auto-buy author for me. She is writing complex stories that don’t oversimplify life or love in any way. Her characters are a bit messy, but that’s life. I appreciate that her books end happily but not in a perfect or cheesy fairy-tale way. 

I don’t gravitate toward love triangle stories (they stress me out!!) but this one really sucked me in. On one hand, we had a second chance summer camp romance (!!!) and on the other, a right person wrong time friends to lovers romance (!!!). Parts of the story were heartbreaking, but I felt completely satisfied by where everything ended. 

It’s definitely worth mentioning how well trauma was handled - TWs for mentions of suicide and sexual assault. I haven’t seen the ripple effect that a traumatic event can have specifically called out in a book before which was really interesting. 
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