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The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

12 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

4.0

This book was not what I thought it would be in the best way possible. The main character, Annika, is neurodivergent and is written so beautifully and carefully. Her struggles are real and sincere and her interactions with others are tinged with frustration as she tries to determine what others mean, what they want from her, and how to interact with them. This is a second-chance love story, where the lovers spend some time apart before falling back into one another’s arms years later. The ending was unexpected and made me yell “no, no, no” and almost spike the book out my car window, but, the conclusion was happy so it turned out okay. This book is an underrated book about a person on the spectrum and I think more people should read it.

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laurensofar's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

The 9/11 plot twist threw me for a loop. Otherwise; a pretty solid read. I finished it in a day because I just had to know.

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nahimgood's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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meowpie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

Pros: The author did a wonderful job portraying a neurodivergent main character, as well as the difficulties that being neurodivergent can create in life and relationships. It was a very cute, sweet story of overcoming adversity & an important lesson on why it’s so important to be kind to others.

Cons: I think the overall plot could have used more. It was slightly bland (but still cute). I also was not prepared for a 9/11 plot line and that was really hard.

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bf54life's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

I know i’ll be thinking about this book for weeks, as a lover of romance novels, this book fulfills so many tropes I love while also introducing new ideas into the genre. The writing is very good and the ending is so fast paced. Highly recommend

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kaneesha's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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miagic_tome's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.5

This book came to me highly recommended by a friend, and it’s safe to say that I loved it. I appreciate the era-appropriate interactions with a character on the spectrum. Overall loved the characters and their journeys after ten years. I would have liked more from the later set of Annika and Jonathan, a chance fo build themselves up better before the end. The end was so unexpected for me until that first mention that something was wrong and I gasped ! Will definitely reread later and I do recommend to others !

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