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bookishfaye's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I have very mixed feelings???
🍂 positives:
- yassification of John Green novels like Looking For Alaska/Paper Towns meets Rachel Berry x Quinn Fabrey Glee fanfic
- the plot was entertaining, the writing style kept me intrigued & the character dynamics & tropes were fun
- academic rival tropes are just so elite
- I do love that pretty much every character was queer
🍂negatives:
- this book just felt reaaally basic & average however, like it was enjoyable, but very much gave written by a white queer person.
- like not live laugh love Karen per say, but more like live laugh love McKinlin (gen x/millennial vibes)
- I just expected more from Casey & their writing with how much hype their books have, & honestly feel very like “that’s it…?”
- the pop culture references were sometimes entertaining, but usually quite the eye roll
🍂 positives:
- yassification of John Green novels like Looking For Alaska/Paper Towns meets Rachel Berry x Quinn Fabrey Glee fanfic
- the plot was entertaining, the writing style kept me intrigued & the character dynamics & tropes were fun
- academic rival tropes are just so elite
- I do love that pretty much every character was queer
🍂negatives:
- this book just felt reaaally basic & average however, like it was enjoyable, but very much gave written by a white queer person.
- like not live laugh love Karen per say, but more like live laugh love McKinlin (gen x/millennial vibes)
- I just expected more from Casey & their writing with how much hype their books have, & honestly feel very like “that’s it…?”
- the pop culture references were sometimes entertaining, but usually quite the eye roll
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, Religious bigotry, and Toxic relationship
missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Outing, and Racism
Minor: Sexism, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, and Classism
kbairbooks's review against another edition
challenging
funny
mysterious
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? Yes
3.75
This was cute and mysterious. As always Casey’s characters are incredibly fleshed out and they just feel so real and delightful and I loved the learning about yourself aspects but the book did feel young to me. I’m past the age where I want to read about high schoolers anymore but I want to read anything Casey puts out for the rest of forever. I enjoyed the mystery (especially since it wasn’t horror based) and the Christian aspects were interesting from my ex-Christian POV.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Homophobia, and Outing
mallory10100's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
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
5.0
WOW i loved this book so much
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Biphobia, Cursing, and Misogyny
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Outing, Stalking, and Gaslighting
Minor: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Mental illness, Racism, and Sexual harassment
god i love found family books and this DELIVEREDshaunashares's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry
Moderate: Homophobia and Outing
sarahsbookss's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Biphobia
emmaciarciello's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry and Homophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Racism, Cursing, Lesbophobia, and Outing
isabel_c's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.75
So fucking cute oml. I loved this book so much. It was so cute and I binged the last 3/4 of it in 5 hours. I reccomend this for any teen or young adult who is questioning their queerness and wants to read something that could represents a real life experience they’ve had. In all I loved this and love Casey McQuiston’s writing. READ THIS BOOK
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Outing
hmatt's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
slow-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
4.0
I don't tread into YA high school-centred stories lightly, but I trust CMQ, and they delivered. This is a trope-y, current, cute, funny read. It's almost over-the-top in how ridiculous it gets, but that's teenagers, right? As long as I kept in mind that the story is told from a specific teenager's perspective throughout, I was into it. Plus, Natalie Naudus could narrate a shampoo bottle and I'd enjoy it.
So, so many of the secondary and tertiary characters are incredibly fleshed out and lovely - this is something this author is really good at. The main characters are also really fleshed out, but we're so close to them that I almost liked them less because we get to see all their flaws and bad qualities, as well.
Things that took me out of it a little but that I still enjoyed:
So, so many of the secondary and tertiary characters are incredibly fleshed out and lovely - this is something this author is really good at. The main characters are also really fleshed out, but we're so close to them that I almost liked them less because we get to see all their flaws and bad qualities, as well.
Things that took me out of it a little but that I still enjoyed:
- I can't believe I'm saying this but um,
everyone is queer? Like I love that. Dream world. But potentially too convenient in this small Alabama cluster of students. - I was almost cheering when Shara revealed she really was just being a mean girl and trying to sabotage Chloe because I think that would have been an interesting turn of events to explore. I think Shara could have still had a redemption arc and she and Chloe still could have ended up friends. All the background pairings plus this main one were a bit too much for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Bullying and Outing
Minor: Classism and Racism
dododenise's review against another edition
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? Yes
5.0
It’s Casey McQuiston, of course this book gets five stars.
This book was so much fun. A beautiful ya romcom, full of teenage drama, idiocy, passion, love and friendship. The cast of characters was wonderful. Everyone was so interesting and the whole group was diverse and fun. There were just a tad bit too many characters because I did loose track of them sometimes.
The representation in this was wonderful. Queer found family, or in this case a queer friend group, just makes me unbelievably happy. And the book kept getting queerer (is that a word? it is now). Watching them grow and become more confident in who they were was wonderful to read.
This book was so much fun. A beautiful ya romcom, full of teenage drama, idiocy, passion, love and friendship. The cast of characters was wonderful. Everyone was so interesting and the whole group was diverse and fun. There were just a tad bit too many characters because I did loose track of them sometimes.
The representation in this was wonderful. Queer found family, or in this case a queer friend group, just makes me unbelievably happy. And the book kept getting queerer (is that a word? it is now). Watching them grow and become more confident in who they were was wonderful to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Outing, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Racism and Alcohol