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Swing by Kwame Alexander

clara4884's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

nukkumuruu's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced

3.5

space_hag's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

4.0

abbyl819's review against another edition

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2.0

I definitely liked Solo a lot better than this book. “Blah” is just the only way that I can describe it. There was no plot to speak of, Swing is super weird and strange, and I didn’t care about the relationship that this entire book builds up. I didn’t care about the story at all and I didn’t even really enjoy it until the last 30 pages or so when something finally happened.

ienzg's review against another edition

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sad

3.0

megpancoast's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

actuallyeeyore's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

kdubs18's review against another edition

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5.0

A GREAT read! An awesome book to get into the hands of young readers to educate them! Easy read for struggling readers, as free verse allows for a quick and encouraging read. Would truly recommend this book to anyone

madden_b's review against another edition

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3.0

It was fine! Just not my fav!

breakfastgrey's review against another edition

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2.0

While the end begins to complicate the narrative somewhat, the vast majority of this book is terribly boring. A boy has a crush on a girl but won't tell her. For something like 300 pages. And that's about it. Characters fit pretty neatly into teen romcom tropes--the hobbledehoy lead, his quirky best friend, the perfect girl, the selfish jock she dates--and things go pretty much as smoothly as possible without so much as the smallest wave until the very end where a tsunami comes out of nowhere to destroy everything. I think that's the point, but it doesn't necessarily make for a compelling read.