Reviews with content warning for Toxic friendship - Meet Cute Diary

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wooblatoober's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

didn’t like it. i liked devin, in the kinda way i’ve always liked sweet, soft spoken characters.

read: love interests.

but i was even kinda tired of em by the end.

it hurts me to say it, but super cringy writing. i usually die by “i am cringe but i am free” but it was so much it made it so i didn’t even want to finish it. and the writing is just not good 😭 “he smiled,” “e raised an eyebrow,” “she rolled her eyes.” so much telling and so little showing. and it was a unique premise with what could have been an amazing plot twist if the writing didn’t make everything so damn predictable.

main character is INSUFFERABLE and he *technically* has character development but it’s not well done and doesn’t seem genuine. dude can’t make a responsible, thoughtful, or good-in-any-way decision to save his LIFE. i LOVE characters with flaws but it’s just as important to give your character some real good traits, at least by the end, as it is to give them some bad, unless the character’s incurable insufferability is whole point of the story (think: we need to talk about kevin), and this is just not one of those stories.

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puddleshoes's review

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hopeful informative lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.25

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hobbithopeful's review

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lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.0

I am so disappointed in this book! I really loved Emery Lee's other book, and was so excited to read Meet Cute Diary. I really couldn't get over the main character. He was so entitled, privileged, and spoiled. In terms of character growth, there is none. He was a huge hypocrite as well. The same issues he had with his brothers girlfriend he just overlooked in his own relationship. I also didn't like how he ended up going from

one relationship to another. I would have liked it more if he realized he needs to grow up and mature, and take time for himself.

It felt like Lee was going to have a plot point with Drew being behind

the push for the Diary to be more relationshipy, but that kinda just got dropped.

There's a lot more I didn't like, but I don't want to spend any more time thinking about this book.
I would NOT recommend this book. I would never guess in a million years that this is the same author who wrote Cafe Con Lychee, a book I loved.

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hue's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

1.0

A 'oh no, I was accused of lying about something I've been lying about' drama starring an entitled, selfish, self-centered main character with the personality of a bagel who doesn't care about real-life responsibilities. I know it sucks to get a job and pay for your own stuff as a teenager but if you spend 400 dollars a week you should probably get off your ass and do something.

The whole fake-dating scenario was cringe at best. They had no chemistry and honestly, I've seen this trope of 'I used you for clout' so many times before and it's never good. What more can I say? Noah was a terrible person who only cared about himself. Sorry pal, you're not the center of the universe. Why did he hate his brother's girlfriend again? Why was he such a dick to Becca? I thought he'd at least atone at the end of the book but nah.

A wasted seven hours. I don't think I'll pick up another book from the same author again.

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cor_luz's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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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bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

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Noah could be insufferable at times. I was trying to remind myself that he’s 16 but he was so entitled, whiny, and a terrible friend to Becca! I didn’t like the audio version-the narrator’s voice was monotone to the point that they sounded bored the whole time.

The Diary/blog didn’t make much sense to me. I totally understand why Noah was writing it to provide joy and hope for other trans people. But each diary entry was exactly the same! The use of over the top, cheesy pick up lines being used made it feel like it should’ve been more obvious that they’re written by the same person and are fake; so how did people even believe the stories in the first place?! The troll was completely right (obviously we know that).

I was so excited for this one and wanted to love it. But Noah and the narrator are just annoying and I can’t force myself to finish otherwise I’d just hate review it.

I’m really glad the story has amazing trans, genderqueer, non-binary, aspec, neopronoun rep but the story and characters are flat so I had to DNF.

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