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Love & Other Disasters

Anita Kelly

3.91 AVERAGE

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annineamundsen's review

4.0

This was good and cute and queer. And it's so nice to have nonbinary characters written by nonbinary authors.
emotional funny 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
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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: Complicated
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alexcrin's review

5.0

Sweet and beautiful and queer and real - I read this book so quickly and loved every second of it :)
emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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: Yes
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional 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
funny 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: Yes

Cute book! Very lighthearted and yet discusses heavy topics (gender, divorce, etc) well. I’m excited to read more of her books!

daniel26's review

3.0

It was really instalove and i absolutely adored Barbara’s relationship with Dahlia. London and Dahlias relationship dynamics were exciting, but it didnt really draw me in and it took a while to get connected to the characters. London being nb and being proud of being in their own skin, and standing up for themselves was something that was fun to read about. It was a great representation overall. Dahlia’s character was okay- for me, everything was really neutral, they both have their set of problems, and sets of personalities that draw you in and get you to relate to them, but as the story progresses they lost my interest for abit; and there were parts of the stories where it was a bit hard for me to continue. Overall they had moments where they had bursts of chemistry, there were angsty moments and lovey dovey moments, but its a 3.5 stars for me. a really average read, it could really do better for me but in the end its just personal preference
emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Cute, lots of representation, plot mostly driven by reality show setting, would’ve be down for some more balanced and in depth character development/development as a couple. I think I have a pet peeve about
queer main characters having last minute coming out/ultimatum type moments in books because it feels rushed to me and more of a plot point than a character development point