Reviews

Girl at Heart by Kelly Oram

sophia_she1's review

4.0

 for a book with this premise, it was actually pretty good. yes, there were definitely laughable parts in the first half but it got better. no misogyny! which i expected so that was a nice surprise. ended up being a pretty good book w a good message. does make me want to go read "the game can't love you back" bc in terms of baseball books, it is the best one ever 

daniellerobb's review

5.0

Perfect cute little read - very similar to Avery Shaw Experiment in format but that probably why I loved it

readundancies's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

kosali's review against another edition

4.5

Es geht viel um die erste Liebe und Freundschaft, aber auch um Selbstfindung und der Meinung anderer zu trotzen.

whitreadslit's review

4.0

I can always count on Kelly Oram for a great, YA contemporary romance. This one is centered around a girl who plays high school baseball and her quest to find her inner girl. Super cute and super sweet - a heartwarming read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

amelie_maria's review against another edition

5.0

Einfach ein super tolles und leichtes Wohlfühlbuch mit ganz vielen ohhhh Momenten! Die Geschichte ist nicht wirklich komplex, dafür sind ALLE Charaktere umso liebenswerter.

_camk_'s review

3.0

Short quick read.

I liked the female MC. Both the male MCs, Jace and Eric were meh. Jace was little over the top as the 'perfect' guy.

paperbecc1's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

4.0

papalbina's review against another edition

4.0

i like the fact that charlie realized she did like girl-stuff, she didn't know it because she was not exposed to it before. it implies a bit that if you are not girly, you're not really a "girl", but somehow manages to keep it case-oriented, there are no bad generalizations, i think.

charlie and jace were adorable from minute 1 ❤️

jessthebibliophile's review against another edition

3.0

Cute mindless read which helped me out of a reading slump.
But potentially problematic due to

Spoiler

1) stereotypes galore
a) Charlie, a tomboy who plays baseball transforms into a giggly mini skirt wearing girl. There is no medium between these 2 extremes.
b) Her BFF Eric's prom date is pretty, popular and a mean girl.
2) Jace is captain of the baseball team and had a crush on Charlie for years. Charlie had a crush on her BFF Eric since forever, but fell for Jace almost instantaneously. Which indicates she just wanted a romance, it didn't matter with whom.
3) Leila is Jace's twin and became BFFs with Charlie after 1 shopping trip
4) Charlie and Eric's 2 other friends were pretty much interchangeable
5) Charlie initially hates that no one sees her as a girl, but during a confrontation with Eric's prom date states she doesn't care about anyone's opinion of her
6) Eric, the BFF was too controlling and they make up without him apologizing
7) Lots of telling and not enough showing

2.5 * rounded up