Reviews - Love & Other Disasters

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Love & Other Disasters

Anita Kelly

3.91 AVERAGE

kumishona's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

simonstays5's review against another edition

3.75

funny informative lighthearted 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: Complicated

Content Warnings

alexaabbott's review against another edition

5.0

This was such a fun book to read! The writing quality was really good, and the plot moved at a really satisfying pace. London, the non-binary MC, was an amazing character, and I’ve never read another book with a non-binary MC. Dahlia was also amazing as she navigated life after a divorce and figured out what she really wanted. The characters were so unapologetically themselves, and it was inspiring. And the cooking show setting was adorable and so fun!

mmccart4's review against another edition

3.0

Yay for NB rep!!! Def cliche and predictable throughout but a fun and warm read with some juicy scenes (could have done without the food related ones tho). Some parts of the writing and plot fell flat for me but i enjoyed the book. I really liked the cooking show aspect too!

ofmadnessandmagic's review against another edition

4.0

Actual rating: 4,5 stars

This was so good!
A perfect mix of lighthearted rom com and tackling heavier topics like transphobia, divorce and mental health, entertaining yet showing emotional depth.

I love cooking shows, so I was obviously obsessed with the setting.
Both main characters were great, they felt very multidimensional.
Their relationship was so cute from the beginning, and their support for one anothre was so wholesome. I love enemies to lovers but there is just something so soothing about two people falling in love when they liked each other from the beginning.

The pacing was also great, and the ending was executed just how I wanted it.
My only complaint would be that for a couple who was so great at communicating, the pivotal conversation leading to the third-act breakup felt a bit off. I would have wanted a bit more from that, but other than that, an amazing romance novel with very well-written non-binary representation.

elisanataf's review against another edition

4.0

reread-
i still love this please go read this its so damn good gdskljgfie

first time reading-
4.85

i devoured this (haha theres a pun there im so good at this), the characters were EVERYTHING!!!! everything!!! i lived for the dynamic amongst everyone and thought it was the cutest thing ever!!! i loved the plot and the setting as well, it was done super well. reading this felt very fuzzy, and like empty but romance book empty you know? like realizing you’re alone and you’ll never find this empty?? this book is so so so sweet and cute and im obsessed with london (and dahlia but london specifically)!! also as this book promises, theres great representation, with one of the main characters being queer and the other one being pan and non binary!!! anyways just go read this now!!! NOW!!!