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The Kissing Booth

Beth Reekles

3.04 AVERAGE

lighthearted 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

3.5 stars

I enjoyed this book by Beth Reekles quite a lot. If I were to compare it to any other book I've read this year, it would be the Avery Shaw experiment by Kelly Oram.

This book was cute, and I really liked the story. The only downside was that I didn't understand Elle's decisions at all most of the time. I'm really torn between 3.5 stars or 4 stars...

Definitely an enjoyable read!

This book was only okay. A lot of things were repeated, but it was a good premise.
slow-paced

Oh boy...

You know, I usually love YA books and can put up with some of the problematic parts but... this one was a big NOPE for me. I had to DNF it after just about 100 pages. I went and read some summaries and other reviews to see if it was just me and... yeah. This one was a bit too much for me. Really just too much and too problematic. Abusive relationships, some sexual scenes with underage kiddos... I felt too darn weird reading this. Ick. Yuck. Eek.

One out of five stars.

It better then the movie

It better then the movie
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Absolutely awful. I was expecting more because I enjoyed the Netflix movie but the book left a lot to be desired. Noah is emotionally abusive and has violence issues. THIS IS NOT A STORY YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD BE READING. Rochelle's girl friends were annoying and served absolutely no purpose than to point out that Rochelle had other friends. There was no point to them. For a WattPad story written by a teenager, it's acceptable but as a published work of YA this is not good. This is one instance where the movie is better.

Fue decepcionante, a penas pude terminarlo, lo abandoné en las últimas páginas.
Relaciones tóxicas como la que tienen Noah y Elle en este libro no deberían existir, y menos promover. Como si estuviera bien que alguien te diga cómo tienes que vestirte, con quien salir, etc y que se justifique con que te está “protegiendo”. Que te haga sentir insegura no es bonito. Y aquí se romantiza.

Una pena, porque me encantó la película y es mil veces mejor. Ojalá hagan una reedición de este libro y lo modernicen, va haciendo falta.