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I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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kathleencoughlin's review

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I was a bit disappointed to find out this is more YA than NA which was one of the things I'd enjoyed about McQuiston in the past, but overall I had fun reading the book and liked how it played with a lot of the classic high school coming of age situations. I see a lot of my flaws and insecurities from high school in Chloe so I enjoyed watching her work through those and come out the other side.

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tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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cozyreadsandcoffee's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I think this book fell short of what I know Casey Mcquiston can do.

I think Chloe was almost too whiny and superficial to enjoy her journey. [Don't get me started on her valedictorian speech] I think I would have enjoyed this more if given the perspectives of Rory and Smith because having it from just Chloe's viewpoint became almost superficial.

I think also being in a small town, the seriousness of kids getting outed to their families was not as much as it should have been. It just seemed there wasn't much on this topic as I thought there would be.

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ladyfaceplant's review

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

As always, Casey McQuiston’s writing is delightful. I enjoyed this. lot and raced through it. i
It felt like a love letter to the South and the queer kids growing up there. I think I still prefer McQuiston’s adult novels, simply because I am an adult and I’ve read so much YA at this point that I am somewhat over reading about teenagers, but that’s definitely a Me Problem. Overall, a fantastic read and it’s great to see flawed female characters getting to be kind of nasty but in a very loveable and understandable way. Look, I’ve got a lot of Chloe Green in me and a bit of Shara Wheeler too, especially when I was a teenager. It’s nice to see those kind of characters be accepted and loved by the people around them because at the end of the day, they’re just figuring stuff out.

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bookcasey's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective 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

4.5

I thought I knew where this book was going, and I didn't. It kept on surprising me, rustrating me, and making me laugh.

I Kissed Shara Wheeler manages to develop and round out a surprisingly large and complex cast of characters, all figuring things out in that high school kind of way.

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emilypete17's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

5.0

This book is like the chaotic queer lovechild of a John Green novel and all of your favorite coming of age movies from the past decade. Casey McQuiston knows just where to hit me to make me bawl my eyes out and snort-laugh every single page. I wish I had this book in high school, and I'm so glad there are other queer kids in the south who have it now and maybe will finally be able to see a piece of themselves on the page.

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