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Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth

22 reviews

hannah_lilli's review

funny lighthearted sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content and Lesbophobia

bookishly_bi's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

americattt's review against another edition

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

3.25

“Could someone treat you badly and still love you? Someone could treat you badly and you would still love them, so maybe the reverse was true too. But just because you loved someone it didn't mean you had to give them another chance.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

gracedunne's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Bullying

Minor: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.0

OK, before I start this review, I've got a small confession to make: Ms Devlin is a sarcastic badass of a woman and every kid should have a teacher like her.

Confession over. Actually, no it's not, because I have to confess something else - I really, really enjoyed reading Not My Problem.

It's about facing your fears. Realising people can be so much more than the first impressions you have of them if you just dig a little deeper. And finally - in my view - it's about realising the value of kindness and compassion.

Aideen Cleary is probably the most well-rounded, three-dimensional main character I have read for some time.  She leapt off the page. Even though I sometimes felt frustrated with the decisions she made and the way she treated others, I could understand why she did so.

All the other characters were well-drawn too - aside from the lovely Ms Devlin, we were also introduced to Aideen's friends Meabh, Kavi, Holly, and Aideen's mum - Lisa, I think her name was? I really appreciated how Ciara Smyth wrote about the relationship between mother and daughter, it was beautiful and felt realistic.

The one thing I felt could have been developed more was why

Aideen felt attracted to Meabh

. But it might have been because I had a very stop-start relationship with reading this book so maybe there was something I missed.

Overall, Not My Problem is a beautifully, intelligently written book and I'm looking forward to reading more from Ciara Smyth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Violence, and Cancer

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aliciapth's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Lesbophobia

avacadogurl's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.25

Loved it, loved the

slowburn

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Lesbophobia

berodatheelf's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Self harm, Classism, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Addiction, and Alcoholism

fanboyriot's review against another edition

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

5.0

This book was so good.  The humor was everything and the romance was really cute.  While there were heavy, realistic, moments some of the characters had to deal with, this book was lighthearted and really enjoyable to read.  Definitely going to re-read this!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Bullying

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia