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Curvy Girls Can't Date Surfers by Kelsie Stelting

audreyreads190's review

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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

4.0

jazmynr's review against another edition

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hopeful 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

3.5

klaasje123's review against another edition

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Nope, het verhaal is gewoon echt niet goed geschreven. En het gaat er eigenlijk steeds over dat zij dik is net als haar beste vriendin die ze dan maakt op momenten dat het echt niks bij draagt aan het verhaal. Gewoon nope. Eerste DNF van het jaar.

mkengel96's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

missgrrm's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

kourtneygrow's review

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

3.0

resed's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced

3.75

shawnak's review against another edition

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4.0

Despite the standard romance template this book is cute, does no outward body shaming, has a FMC who is mostly confident in herself. It also deals with traumatic brain injury, ptsd in a couple forms, familial guilt and mental health. It’s a cute read.

kamart420's review against another edition

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3.0

I was influenced to read this by a quote from the book, and I feel that line was better without context honestly. I really wanted to like this book because I'm a sucker for romance. I love Love. But this book felt so two dimensional to me. The characters were mostly underdeveloped and the romance felt both rushed and dragged out.

It was mostly fluff EXCEPT the redeeming part of this book was the side plot of the FMC's dad dealing with a TBI from the military and PTSD. this part of the storyline honestly kept me engaged because it was tough to read and the author handled it well.

Other than that, it wasn't my cup of tea. I wish there had been more substance overall. There was a few plot errors too, and mistranslations (if a character is going to speak another language please have someone verify it's written correctly).

I didn't hate this book, it was decent. There's just too many cons for me to rate it higher.

bookobsessedmommy's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

3.0

Sweet high school romance. Body positive, caring trauma rep, navigating what's next after high school, making new/real friends.