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Mile High by Liz Tomforde

17 reviews

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

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

1.5

Top three reasons why I didn't like this book:
  1. This could have been 150 pages shorter.
  2. Insecurity is different from self-criticism without reason. Stevie is a perfect example of the latter. It took me almost five months to finish this simple romance book due to Stevie's persistent "woe is me" attitude, which I found annoying. Note to Stevie: the world does not revolve around you.
  3. Bad writing. Liz Tomforde consistently stated the obvious. For example,
    when Stevie's dad was explaining that her maternal grandmother was harsh to Stevie's mom, leading to Stevie's mom's similar behavior towards Stevie. He was discussing the difficulties for Stevie's mom and hinting at generational trauma. However, in the next paragraph, Stevie's dad explicitly labels it as generational trauma.
    Such repetition was not a one-time thing and it became frustrating. It seemed as if Tomforde underestimated the readers' ability to understand the narrative without explicit explanations. An author should trust their eloquence to convey the message to the audience. This led me to speculate that Tomforde lacked confidence in her explanatory skills, hence the need to state the obvious.

Bonus: “Pop/s a shoulder” or “shoulders pop/popping” was mentioned 15 times. Why can't you come up with a more fitting adjective to describe something like that?
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hjb_128's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted 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

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ecravens's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad 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

3.5

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linda_1863's review against another edition

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

1.5

Decided to give this a shot  based on recommendations even though some gave me pause. Several times I almost gave up and DNF'd but I held on. Found it dry and uninspiring. It may be more appealing for other readers though. This is only my opinion based on my reading likes. Will have to give it some time before deciding whether I'll read the second book in the series. Indications are its better than this one.
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pierrereads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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apolen's review

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4.75

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ingrid6's review against another edition

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

2.5

For a book that spent its entirety trying to convince us that the MMC wasn’t the asshole he was made out to be, his POVs were pretty asshole-ish, especially in the first few chapters.

I didn’t think I’d finish the book, but the characters mellowed out enough for me to get through it. Overall it was just OK. 

Pros: 
-Banter was pretty good starting at about the halfway point
-No huge misunderstanding which I appreciate and I feel like is common in the asshole with a heart of gold type books 

Cons:
-The body image thing got to be a little much for me- and I get it I really do, but I guess I didn’t connect with it the way it was intended. Both characters were just so focused on her body. 
-Lots of like unlikeable malicious side characters. 
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kat7794's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

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finnickdeservedbetter's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

For readers who like:
  • POC FMC & MMC
  • Sports romance
  • Forced proximity
  • Mid/plus-size FMC
  • Forbidden relationship 
  • Healing from trauma together
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