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Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee

29 reviews

aseel_reads's review

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? Yes

3.0

I enjoyed the beginning of this book and then I saw where it was going and while I applaud the idea, it became quite boring and predictable very early on

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

brittanyisbooked's review

emotional inspiring reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicide attempt

melaniereadsbooks's review

emotional hopeful 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

4.75

This is such a heartwarming and adorable story!!! I just!! The discussions of neo-pronouns and all that Drew went through. The way Noah learned who he was through the Meet Cute Diary and through Drew and his brother and his friends and just!!! This was so heartwarming. Honestly I am so glad I read it.

The character development is excellent!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Vomit, and Cursing

Minor: Bullying, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug use, and Racism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Pretty adorable! I loved the pronoun fluidity and search for finding the right ones.

Rep: Triracial (white, Japanese, Afro-Caribbean) bisexual trans male MC, questioning genderqueer androphile asexual love interest with anxiety, lesbian side character.

CWs: Alcohol consumption (including underage), drug use, dysphoria, gaslighting, mental illness (anxiety), panic attacks/disorders, toxic relationship, transphobia/transmisia, mentions of past coming out, discussion of past suicidal thoughts and attempt, mentions of past bullying, arophobia/aromisia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Bullying

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia

leocancer's review

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Transphobia

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

beabookish's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia and Alcohol

memorable's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is just so pure! I loved every minute reading it! I especially liked the way Emery Lee portrayed Devin’s way of finding eir pronouns. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Minor: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Bullying, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

Divorce Use of wrong pronouns

emily_mh's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

4.25

This was just a really joyful book on trans love and trans joy. It really spoke to me given what I am discovering about my own gender identity, and the endgame romance made me feel all mushy (I basically fell in love with Devin). The reason this book did not get 5 stars is that I wish the ending was slightly different.

Basically, I wish Noah hadn't had a tiff at the end over Becca. This felt really irrational and kind of against his character development and left his and Becca's relationship in a weird place again. I didn't so much mind his freak-out over Devin, but NOAH should have been the one to make the grand gesture for Devin, not the other way around. This would have given their relationship a little more power equality, and cemented more of Noah's character development, which I otherwise loved.

The main criticism of this book that I see other people have is that Noah is a bad main character. I want to challenge this as I think for the most part that's an unfair reason to dock the book stars.  First of all, his narration is conversational and engaging. People say he is annoying, when really he is just cocky and confident which is a trait lauded in other beloved fictional characters (e.g. Tony Stark). And yeah, he's definitely not a perfect person, but that's a lot to expect 16 year-old - plus, he does undergo character development during the novel and recognises his own flaws. Finally, his flaws make him intensely relatable. Everyone messes up, especially at that age, and Noah's character shows how you can grow from those experiences. I really think that the ending of the book is just the beginning for his personal development. This is not to defend some of the decisions he makes, but to drive home the point that imperfection doesn't equal a bad character! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Cursing, Transphobia, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Religious bigotry, Racism, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Infertility, and Infidelity

xoodlebooks's review

lighthearted medium-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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book, but I didn’t. The story and writing style just weren’t for me. Also, the main character was super unlikeable. I normally don’t mind unlikeable characters, but this character really irked me. The way he wasted money also bothered me. Yay for rep, though! I am sure other people will like this story more than I did. Also, this is probably the first traditionally published YA book I’ve read that has neopronouns on the page!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Alcohol, Drug use, and Transphobia

Minor: Bullying and Suicide attempt