3.61k reviews for:

My Oxford Year

Julia Whelan

3.8 AVERAGE

emsalwaysreading's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

jfloru's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

knit2pug2's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gracey_jo's review against another edition

3.25

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It was fun to take a jaunt to England through this story! It didn’t feel revolutionary & I imagine I’ll forget much of it, but I was intrigued to read about the life of academia & all things Oxford (and I want to watch the movie).

 The friendships, however, felt a bit two-dimensional, the main character, Ella, often seemed to think that things revolved around her/her knowing something/her being kept in the loop about things that weren’t necessarily her business, etc. and her relationship with Jamie started so fast and was built on a house of sticks (to start with). Again, nothing new in this story, but not unenjoyable!

krissydavis's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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

elliepeterson's review against another edition

5.0

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reads_a_lot_reads_a_lini's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amylock88's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

rcupoli's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective relaxing fast-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

jennypierson's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoy the author as an audiobook narrator. The book was fine, but felt a bit spoiled by the similarity in plot at the end to From Scratch (a trip abroad, falling for a man who is ill). But besides this coincidence it was a good book.