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Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

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madiganinwonderland's review against another edition

DNF
Honestly I just can't get through this. Right off the bat I already have an issue with the tone and the way the agoraphobia is being approached. And i also got annoyed hearing Lisa's point of view from literally the first chapter she's in. She's made it her mission from like 10 pages in to "fix" Solomon. Like really?
I have no interest to see her "fix" him nor learn the life lesson to get the fuck off that high horse and learn that nobody should go around claiming it's their job to fix people, and I seriously doubt this book will go in any other way.
I've had this from the library for like over 2 months and I'm just done with it. I can't and don't want to get through it.
Very disappointed. I was really hoping Whaley approached agoraphobia in a better manner.

astheplotthickens24's review against another edition

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5.0

review to come! It'll be freaking fantastic consist of words like "this book is great" and "this is fucking awesome" HAHAHAHA that's sarcasm btw. I suck at book reviews.

saschabookishowl's review against another edition

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3.0

The more I think about it, the more I'm actually disappointed with this book. It's not bad, I enjoyed myself while reading it. I just expected...more? I don't think I really connected to the characters and some dialogue and actions seemed unbelievable/unreal to me. Maybe it would have been better if this was a longer novel, so that you can really see the characters change and bond in a more believable way. I should remark that I'm not really a fan of contemporary novels. My main motivation was to read about a character with agoraphobia but I'm not sure whether it was portrayed well in this novel.

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It was also too much of a happy ending for me. I was sort of hoping that Solomon wouldn't forgive Lisa

fuzzyhead's review against another edition

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5.0

Won this playing trivia at Book Con NYC. I'm glad I did, otherwise it probably would've passed me by. Loved it!

lukieslibrary's review against another edition

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emotional sad

3.0

This was….fine? As a psychology major, one of my biggest icks about mental health related fiction books is that it’s either a “love cures” or “they can be fixed”. And while I understand this book did not end with either, it did start with a girl believing she had the right to someone’s mental health story, without their permission, for her own personal gain. Maybe I’m being a little picky, a little judgmental but again, personal ick.

However, the author’s portrayal of Solomon was beautiful. The agoraphobia was written wonderfully, the way she writes about the mental illness was very nice but the other characters were not likable to me.