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Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

5 reviews

letters_from_gabriella's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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babsi_222's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Well a cute coming-of-age romance story!
This was one of the stories where I don’t 100% wanted them to get together because their behaviours were strange. I also didn’t like that the ending felt so abrupt

I wanted to know how Ruby‘s relationship with her mom is now and how their fight will be solved, also what her moms reaction to Ruby having a gf is, what everybody will think of her and them now

because these are the things Ruby worried about and I wanna know how it really ends. Also SPOILER IG Morgan taking Ruby back like 50 times annoyed me ngl
When it came to Morgan I honestly didn’t car toooooo much because I just didn’t understand her history at all, what happened?? It was always just hinted but never fully told. Also how does she not realise that her family/parents are RICH rich. Also her not even batting an eye when she heard that her parents nearly lost their house bc they have no money from suing. Them buying alot of bedroom stuff (mattress?) for Ruby then too? Just confusing and weird

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-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

3.75

This was really cringy at times but I thoroughly enjoyed the sapphic enemies to lovers, morgan was kinda very annoying but i love ruby

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

“I’m not spending my life pretending I’m something I’m not, or making myself smaller and quieter, just because someone else thinks I should.” -pg 115

Morgan is ready for a fresh start - to live her life out loud and get back on the track team after she’s forced to switch schools during her senior year, since being gay violated her catholic school’s code of conduct. Ruby is a pageant queen that loves to fix cars. She’s still figuring things out - her identity, her future plans, how to be in a relationship, how to love and be loved.

Some Girls Do is a split perspective YA coming of age romance novel that I really enjoyed.

What I liked: Morgan and Ruby have very distinct voices. I love that Morgan is unapologetically who she is. And I love seeing Ruby questioning / still figuring it all out. I also love Morgan’s relationship with her brother.

This book perfectly captured teen crushes and the incredible amount of angst that goes with them. These characters definitely act like 18 year olds in a way that’s enjoyable to read.

I would recommend this to YA fans looking for an angsty sapphic romance.

Rep: Lesbian, Pansexual/bisexual, trans

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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