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Delilah Green não está nem aí by Ashley Herring Blake

43 reviews

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don’t know who I related too more - Delilah or Claire (or even Astrid, actually) but MAN this story tugged at my heart. And it had some goood spice to boot! 🥵 🌶️

Is anyone else into the Enneagram and finds yourself typing characters as you read books?

I went back and forth on Delilah the whole time - either 4w3 or 8w9. By the end I was leaning 8w9. Claire is a 9w1, Astrid a 1w9, and Iris a 8w7. I will take no other opinions, those three are just facts lol

I also tried something new with this read! This was my first experience with audio books and I gotta say… it’s not for me. Full respect to those who prefer them, but I am a paperback, physical copy girlie for life I only listened to a few chapters off and on near the end of the book while I was at work, but it felt… idk. Emotionless? There just wasn’t the UMPH behind the words that my own brain puts in. I guess I’ll go back to reading just a little slower as time allows for me to pick up my physical books.

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mcreasman's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

I loved this book! I’m a big fan of the best friends trying to break up their other friend and their terrible boyfriend trope and also the estranged sister coming home trope!!!! AND A ONE BED TROPE!!!!! Queer representation everywhere 🫶🫶 read this. Seriously. Right now.

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hayleyvem's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective fast-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

3.5

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wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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grets_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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hanz's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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wilybooklover's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

Such a fun, heartfelt queer romcom!

One of the things I enjoyed most about this book was how complex and nuanced the characters were. They felt like real, complicated people with real, complicated pasts. Even the side characters had complexity, especially Claire's daughter Ruby who is one of the most realistic child characters I've ever read. I found Delilah particularly relatable, in all of her spiky, petty glory. Claire was so lovely too, just a sweet woman trying to do the best for everyone and struggling with parenting. I loved how tender and vulnerable Claire and Delilah were with each other, even when they thought it was just temporary and casual. Surprisingly steamy for a romcom too, especially a sapphic one.

It was also interesting to see Delilah reexamine her memories of the past and realise they may just be a bit unreliable, that she and Astrid were just stuck in a loop of miscommunication and hurt feelings. I thought it was done really well (aside from the part where Delilah reads Astrid's diary — that felt like such a violation of her privacy).

There were a couple of things that bothered me — the diary reading, how much of the plot of this sapphic romance ultimately centred around a cishet man and a really terrible (borderline caricature-ish) one at that, the whole bet situation. But ultimately this was such a fantastic romance! Reminded me a lot of Book Lovers by Emily Henry with the small-town bookshop/sisters-at-odds vibes, but executed way better (in my opinion).

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