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I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

29 reviews

coralcrab77's review

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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

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krzzykitty92's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced

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

1.5

This was such a frustrating read. I didn’t like Kian or Hudson, and I especially didn’t like them together. It felt like Hudson kept being a jerk and Kian kept accepting him back with no true apology or conversation about how they feel.
The side characters were all really funny, but the main two were so annoying. I can’t root for them and I don’t understand why they are together.

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jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

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sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The book started off with Kian, an unlikable, angry narrator who seemed to be completely unable to control what words came or didn’t come out of his mouth. I, wrongly, assumed that Kion would experience some emotional growth throughout the story, or develop some insight into his own behavior.

Kion was angry that he’d been dumped by his boyfriend, Hudson. Kion seems paralyzed by his angry about this breakup. Part of the story even involves another character questioning whether Kion’s behavior is driven by a desire to get even with Hudson for this break up. So, presumably, this was a pretty brutal breakup, but we never find out what happened? Why did they breakup? What did Hudson do? By the end of the book I thought that the smartest thing Hudson ever did was to break up with Kion.

And Hudson. He’s more likable, but his strained relationship with his family hinders his ability grow emotional, or engage in any sort of introspection. He and his have a sibling rivalry that is just bitter and nasty. And never overcomes his deference for his parents.

I don’t why they wanted each other. Both characters are too solipsistic to be interesting. They both need therapy. Although, Kion discusses having been in therapy, he may need a new therapist and some medication.

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thirdeyeangel23's review

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

Kosoko Jackson knows how to do cute romcoms right! I’m So Not Over You brings together fake dating and second chance romance in the most beautiful of ways. Kian and Hudson are both beautiful flawed MCs who love hard and struggle even harder. One of my favorite romcoms. Period!

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stravabutforbooks's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

how are you going to write a second chance romance and literally never once address why they broke up in the first place?? the only reason I didn't DNF was bc I needed to know and yet I'm still confused

the dialogue was way more concerned with quips and banter than actually communicating anything which tracks since their relationship was very surface level. also everyone keeps referring to Kian as a journalist when he'd ask questions but any time something was actually important he'd have zero follow up...again, never once did he ask "why did you dump me in the first place?"!!

also pop culture references got to be a bit much but that's a personal annoyance

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danajoy's review

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lighthearted

3.0

The story was overall sweet but Kian was a bit insufferable. He was at times quite rude and hyperfixated on himself as a journalist. The pop culture references were pretty constant.

The real issue is for a second chance romance we don't really get to understand at all why they didn't work the first time. With all Kian's insecurity/discomfort about Hudson being rich and the basically zero backstory we get this should've just been fake dating a FWB you stopped getting the benefits from. Honestly that whole aspect felt flimsy to me. Even the fake dating didn't make sense. Hudson's family wanted to see them together? They barely know him and he antagonises the dad.

There were some writing choices that felt clunky that could've been streamlined - you don't need to show off all the synonyms for said/ordered that you know!

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baylan's review against another edition

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DNF @ 82%. This book is what a baby author whose introduction to literature and writing is from non-lgbt, gender conforming folk would've written. It's all over the place, inconsistent, and sounds unlike what the author would've sounded like. The author seemed to forget, as the book progressed, how the characters were actually like. Furthermore, the characters were just so one-dimentional and fits waaay to much into the heteronormative standard. Almost as if it's trying to cater to the fetishist female market.

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hullomoon's review against another edition

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medium-paced

4.5

I really enjoyed this, especially because

they didn't get together right off the bat. It made the moment when they got together even more satisfying

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amandalorianxo's review against another edition

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funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I did this backward aka I read K Jackson's second book first then his debut. This was similarish to his second book. Small town gay guy tries to make it in the big city and well... it doesn't turn out like their dreams intended. I did like the humor in this one but the pop culture references were sprinkled a little too much throughout the book. It took me away a bit. I also wasn't the biggest fan of Hudson and Kian as a couple. I think it's because I thought Kian deserved someone who treated him better. We never really did get a reason as to why Hudson broke up with Kian in the first place. So the "fake dating" trope doesn't make sense with this one. I think a second chance would make more sense. I also wish Jackson's editor caught the mistake that happened with Wallace, how did no one catch that?

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kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

3.5

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