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I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

13 reviews

lunep's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Transphobia

Minor: Death, Racism, Infidelity, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, and Alcohol

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

I really did enjoy this book!! Stayed up late and ignored my duties to finish it.
I just wished it had touched more on themes of religious trauma and the inner thoughts and feelings of other characters (specifically shara), but i get why that wouldn't be possible considering chloe is the main character and also the religious trauma in itself wasn't the main focus of the book (mostly its consequences). Overall great book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia

Moderate: Lesbophobia and Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Biphobia, Death, and Racism

itsheyfay's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I found it hard to root for the main couple just because they were both kinda awful people, and I really didn’t like Chloe as the lead character (but that may be due to the audiobook).

But I really liked how McQuiston wrote the friendships and developed the characters.

Not too bad for a YA romance, and not too bad for my first Casey McQuiston novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Transphobia, Cursing, Ableism, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Racism, and Cancer

lorriss's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gaslighting, Outing, Blood, Bullying, and Alcohol

Minor: Terminal illness, Hate crime, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, Abortion, and Racism

anne_shouseofdreams's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Outing, Homophobia, and Abandonment

Minor: Biphobia, Death, and Racism

hayleyvem's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Death, Classism, Deadnaming, and Homophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Racism, Child abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Alcohol

lisa_m's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

I am in love with this book!! This is no doubt one of the absolute best books I have ever read in my entire life!! It's on the same level as RW&RB for me which says A LOT! I didn't think it was possible tbh.

Casey McQuiston is just AMAZING with characters. I feel like every single one of their characters is such a fleshed out person with an interesting personality. Even the side characters that are not really important for the story (like Brooklyn or Summer).

I don't think I can properly get my feelings for this book in a sentence so I'm just going to say I loved it, I never wanted to put it down and I want to reread it like right now. Also I knew after the first few pages that this would be an absolute delight to read. Casey's books just always make me so happy. :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Classism, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Bullying

Minor: Death and Cancer

didi_07's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death

jjjreads's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Biphobia, Bullying, Homophobia, Sexism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Dysphoria and Racism

Minor: Chronic illness, Classism, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death, Racism, and Cancer

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

This was really fun. I love McQuiston's writing and this had a great premise. The scavenger hunt element was entertaining and the rivals to lovers relationship was very well done. Chloe and Shara are both quite prickly characters but they felt very real. McQuiston also always has brilliant side characters and this was no exception. It reminded me of Booksmart in the way the students learn about each other and how they don't all fit in their expected boxes.
I didn't love it in quite the same way I did McQuistion's other two books but that's probably just because I tend to feel a little distant from YA books as an adult. I'll still read anything they write next though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death