Reviews - And They Were Roommates

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And They Were Roommates

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3.81 AVERAGE

xielianhuacheng's review against another edition

4.75

I love you jasper

wolf_dealer's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny 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

ckreads28's review against another edition

4.5

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

4.5 out of 5: Exes/rivals/ antagonists to more. The title chapters being book and literary references made my English major heart so happy. I loved Jasper's golden retriever energy and while there were some things he did were a little over the top, I would've loved to have a friend like him younger. I also related a lot to Charlie's anxious thoughts even if I am not in his exact situation. The feeling to want to help and take care of everything. Feeling the mistakes are your fault even though they may not be.

I loved the boarding school setting and the found family aspects that quickly began to form and shine through. The romance is a slow burn but there were so much that held my attention I didn't mind as I liked seeing the character growth and LGBT rep was everything.

sandykay's review against another edition

2.5

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Too much going on with little point.
I think I can tell what the author was going for with the way characters and setting were introduced, but the leap is still too difficult for me to have enjoyed it. It seems like the author wanted the reader to feel like Charlie on his first day in a new school and be a little lost and untethered, not knowing where things are or how things are done in this elite school. Instead, it was just irritating, and we kept coming across situations of “oh, you don’t know how to do this thing? That’s weird.” Eventually, Charlie does find his place and on-campus family, but the payoff was not worth the journey.

Unfortunately, I just didn’t care about the characters.

Along with the plot not really developing, I found myself just not caring about the characters themselves. I had to constantly remind myself that this was a private high school, not college. I am a parent and far from my teens, but so much of this story just didn’t work for me. The main characters are 15(ish) years old and the overarching story is a second chance at love … from 18 months prior. I know (and remember) that our first loves always seem the biggest and the first heartbreaks are always the worst, but the whining and dramatics of both main characters were not well-done enough to make them loveable and move the plot along. This whole story just fell flat.

The Final Verdict: A second chance at love for two 15-year-olds. No thanks.
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Would I Recommend? Maybe for the right reader

sometimesomewhere's review against another edition

4.25

funny medium-paced

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Nice book, made me smile

mooyeda's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted fast-paced

Tbh Jasper and almost all the other characters annoyed me at first but then I remembered that I had seen a video where the person said this book was basically OHSHC and then I could appreciate how silly and absurd everything and everyone was.