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Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli

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stellamay0418's review

5.0

this book was so cute! i love becky and i'm a theatre kid, so maybe i'm biased, but i thought it was adorable. shout out to noah :)

OBSESSED. this woman knows her way around a theatre kid YA friendship-centric jews-kissing romcom. noah kaplan is the absolute perfect boy. and the sibling relationship between kate and ryan? top tier. mmmmm BOOK

readingwithrae's review

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3.0

3.5 stars.

did i like this way more than i ever thought i would? yes. do i never want to hear the word "fuckboy" ever again? also yes. there was a lot about this book i liked. as a former theatre kid, i really enjoyed the aspects that revolved around the play. it really brought out the nostalgia for high school theatre, and since theatre was the only enjoyable part of my high school experience, reliving that through these characters really was a treat.

i think what really kept me from fully loving this was the fact that, once again, i'm too damn old for high school love triangles. and that's not against the book at all! clearly i'm not the audience for this book, and if i read this when i was in high school, it would've been a five-star. but i just found myself cringing at the andy/kate/matt love triangle (and the way kate & anderson both set these ground rules that neither of them follow re: crushing on the same guy.)

regardless, it was still super enjoyable and would encourage all former and current theatre kids to give it a read.

charvi_not_just_fiction's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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? No

4.5

Reading anything by Becky Albertalli is so nostalgic for me?? I'm immediately transported to someplace warm and comforting, no matter the book. I've shifted away from YA in the past few years and I'm the opposite of a theatre kid which is why I was hesitant to pick this book up for so long but why was I afraid?? It's Becky Albertalli. She's my auto-buy author for a reason <3

I'm probably kinda biased but even though I'm the furthest thing from a theatre kid I LOVED this book! The author has a way of writing such a loveable cast of characters and oh my god Kate?? I saw so much of myself in her. The anxiety, the love for her friends and emphasis on platonic relationships, the extreme second-hand embarrassment and so many other things.

So many lines in this book had me nodding with a hand on my heart because I relate to them so deeply. Ugh, all Becky Albertalli novels do this to me.

This is in no way like a proper review but I loveeeed this. Matt and Andy were such wonderful side characters! Matt was a cutie and omg Andy and Kate's friendship?? Adorable and to die for. I especially love how they subverted the trope of letting a boy get between their friendship, like HELL YEAH!

Also Noah?? WHAT A CUTIE. This boy was smitten from page one and I was so here for it.

Listen, just do yourself a favour and pick it up, I practically devoured this in one sitting <3

xoamber's review against another edition

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2.0

definitely a 2.5 almost three star book because of the kind of rushed ending and conflict between two characters. however, I did enjoy the “love triangle” and representation of different sexuality for this book!