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3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
Reading this involved much eye-rolling at the cheesiness. I was intrigued when I heard it was a teen author from the UK and that it was picked up after gaining a huge following online but I was less than impressed. It would be good for younger teens if it wasn't so poorly edited and the love interest hadn't been borderline emotionally abusive.
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It wasn't bad, but I have to say, I prefer the movie version. the characters just were not as likable in the book.
A super quick listen, but I rolled my eyes multiple times throughout the story. I do like a fluffy read, but not so much into angst, especially teen drama angst that is just drama. I enjoyed the movie much more.
If you`re looking for light reads or graduate from reading slump, I think this is one of best books to go to. The story is really cute and made me kilig all over. I never thought that this story came from Wattpad. The author`s writing style never disappoint the hell out of me compared to E.L James (50 Shades of Gray). I really love Lee`s character. I want to have a best friend like him though. Hahaha
All in all, I love this book as much as I love the movie adaptation. Excited to read book 2 and part 3 of the movie next year!!
All in all, I love this book as much as I love the movie adaptation. Excited to read book 2 and part 3 of the movie next year!!
I snatched this book up when I heard my students talking about how much they loved the Netflix movie. Being a librarian, I had to read the book before subjecting myself to the film version. Even though I am a huge fan of Chick-Lit, this book made me angry the more I read it. 1.It was poor writing and the character development was incredibly lacking. 2.I found it repetitive, she used the same adjectives and situations multiple times in the book, get a thesaurus! 3.This is a prime example of an unhealthy relationship: anger issues, "violence junkie", secrets, lies told to friends and then the timid, naive girl who just goes along with it because the guy is hot.
This is definitely one of those very rare instances where the movie is actually better than the book.
This is definitely one of those very rare instances where the movie is actually better than the book.
Oh dear. This book- this book was a mess to the point where I would legitimately tear it apart had it not been on my kindle. When you hear a bookworm saying that they would tear apart a book, that's your cue to leave this forever in the dusty not picked up pile.
Honestly, this whole book was just making out, screaming at each other, fighting, and characters acting like all around stereotypical abusive teenagers. To put it simply. So you're got a shaky foundation. To add to that, I found quite a few typos and grammatical errors, and the author's writing style wasn't good to begin with. So you're adding some cheap bones to that house. Then, to top it all off, this book is problematic in terms of the main character keeps deciding to come back to an unreliable, abusive idiot. So obviously our house fell down.
To start this book off, we have Elle and Liam lay around not doing anything, cracking offensive jokes that rely on gender standards. So that was a fun twenty percent. Then, the kissing booth starts to come into play and they talk about it more and more and you have some more jokes about how boys can't wear dresses and girls can't like masculine things. So even more fun there. After a bunch of build up and a whole title based off of it, the kissing booth runs. Elle kisses Noah. The kissing booth runs for a full five pages. So that's where our making out, fighting, screaming, and abuse comes in. The rest of the book on is just that. Making out, fighting, screaming, and abuse. This is the most basic book that I have ever read with my own two eyes. How this got published? How it got adapted by Netflix? Unfortunately, my calculator does not compute these highly unrealistic, just simply stupid events.
So we're just going to talk about why this is problematic. Basically, Noah's been going around telling boys that he'll hurt them if they ask Elle on a date. So we have him controlling her dating life already
Honestly, this whole book was just making out, screaming at each other, fighting, and characters acting like all around stereotypical abusive teenagers. To put it simply. So you're got a shaky foundation. To add to that, I found quite a few typos and grammatical errors, and the author's writing style wasn't good to begin with. So you're adding some cheap bones to that house. Then, to top it all off, this book is problematic in terms of the main character keeps deciding to come back to an unreliable, abusive idiot. So obviously our house fell down.
To start this book off, we have Elle and Liam lay around not doing anything, cracking offensive jokes that rely on gender standards. So that was a fun twenty percent. Then, the kissing booth starts to come into play and they talk about it more and more and you have some more jokes about how boys can't wear dresses and girls can't like masculine things. So even more fun there. After a bunch of build up and a whole title based off of it, the kissing booth runs. Elle kisses Noah. The kissing booth runs for a full five pages. So that's where our making out, fighting, screaming, and abuse comes in. The rest of the book on is just that. Making out, fighting, screaming, and abuse. This is the most basic book that I have ever read with my own two eyes. How this got published? How it got adapted by Netflix? Unfortunately, my calculator does not compute these highly unrealistic, just simply stupid events.
So we're just going to talk about why this is problematic. Basically, Noah's been going around telling boys that he'll hurt them if they ask Elle on a date. So we have him controlling her dating life already