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Girls Save the World in This One by Ash Parsons

7 reviews

zombieracoon's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of my favorite books I've ever read! It reminds me so much of me and my best friend!

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edilyaaang's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The first 13 or so chapters were so slow it nearly made me drop reading the book. I'm so glad pushed through though. Everything was happening so fast when the actual zombie attacks started tha tI could barely put the book down. I was holding my breath from then until the end of the book.

There are tons of death though. And every single one of those made my heart ache. I loved every one of them, even Cuellar who was a d**k when he first appeared

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mkm95's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted

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

3.0

I think in high school I probably would have given this a 3.5 or even a 4 so it's probably more that I'm not the target audience as a 26 year old, but I have read and loved a lot of YA as an adult so it's hard to say. I found the humor to be trying very hard to be witty teen humor like Easy A or Clueless but it fell short for me. The characters were okay, but not very complex if that's what you want. I admittedly went into this thinking it had the lgbtqia+ tag on my library app so I was pretty disappointed by how hetero it is lol, I really thought June was going to realize she's in love with Imani, but that's my own fault. I also think that the diversity was nice to see, but the author was a little odd about it. She only seemed to highlight non-white, particularly black, characters' skin/hair/etc. and it felt a little weird that she didn't do the same for other characters, a little bit like "hey wow look at how diverse I made this" without any real substance, particularly considering the author is white herself as well as the main character. The feminism is also very girlboss branded and feminist lite, again very juvenile. I honestly think this is more of a book for middle school girls than high school or older. It's not heavy despite it's "horror" focus and while there is death its not graphic. I think a 13/14 year old would probably love this, especially if they're involved in any zombie fandoms like the walking dead etc.

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peachani's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Interesting, though I don't quite love the writing style. The ending also felt rushed. I would've enjoyed a little more time spent there.

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toobendy's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

2.5

No woman runs away from danger but keeps wearing heels

Love interest was obvious and I’m questioning his judgment because this is how you get a stalkier

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heytherekaity's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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wanderonwards's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Favorite parts: Strong female friendships, themes of forgiveness and unapologetically being enthusiastic about your passions/interests/hobbies. Also, it's not overly gruesome (which I definitely appreciated).

Not so much: From my reading experience with this book, I felt one character was based off model minority myths and another I would place into the queerbaiting category.

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