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zeitfensterr's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

3.75

War ganz süß eigentlich, aber jetzt nicht umwerfend toll für mich (
kann den hype nachvollziehen tho)

Weiß nicht ob ich noch mal was von Emily Henry lese, vielleicht lieber in meinen 20-ern

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fanboyriot's review

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funny lighthearted 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

5.0

Read For:

✓ Book Editor

✓ Good Humor

✓ Amazing Banter

✓ Entertaining Read

✓ The Woman Stays in the City

˗ˏˋ ★ REVIEW ★ ˎˊ˗

Want a book with bookish tropes but with a twist? If this ever got a Hallmark movie adaptation I would for sure watch it… they might just have cut the spicy parts 😂

The banter was like most of this author’s other works, and absolute hit. It was a fun read with detailed and lovable characters. I loved how this ended and really enjoyed finally reading a romance where the woman didn’t give up the career she clearly loved just to move to a small town after two seconds of an insta-love romance.

Truly loved the vibe of this book so much. All the shark comments and the mentions of Bigfoot erotica had me laughing so hard.

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Angst Level: 💧

POV: First Person

Release Date: 03, May 2022

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entiresunset's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.25

I have to admit I had a much harder time connecting to his book than to Funny Story. I think it took me up until the last fourth to really connect to Nora and her story. But hearing what she went through and what she experienced and how much that changed her touched me. How tense and closed off she always was. How organized. How she always held on to Libby so closely and could not let her go. And how she could not let anyone in. How she completely lived in survival mode all the time. So mabye it was also meant to be so hard to connect to her in the beginning because she was so emotionally unavailable and controlling.
But the moment she started opening up I was sold. I definitely felt for her a lot throughout the last fourth.

As with Funny Story I just love to see how well Emily Henry manages to write such emotionally complex characters and how much she also focuses on all different kinds of relationships. It's always about the growth of the character itself and their relationships not just about "finding love" or "finding the one".

I have to say though I would love to see more therapy representation in Henrys books.

Most of the characters she writes went through some form of trauma and are showing at least some PTSD-like symptoms or at least ongoing trauma reactions.

I would love for this to be adressed properly and to be shown what therapy can look like for this and how much it can help. Nora could benefit so much from starting therapy to talk through everything she experienced and to really work on her issues.

I know it's mentioned briefly in the end but only very briefly.

All in all this book might did not move me as much as Funny Story did for the most part but it still touched me and was wonderfully written and constructed.
Again I loved to see how the heroine didnt just fall in love and this magically cured everything but that she made her own decisions in spite of love and really grew as a person.

Still I am of course happy that after everything Nora got her happy ending with Charlie <3

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heather_freshparchment's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-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

4.25

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lifeasmrssmith's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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_minucelli's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.25

The book is really wholesome. I love how Emily Henry took the tropes and flipped around in a most caring way. In a way that you feel she cares about the story and the characters. I love the pacing and if we had to do a chemistry test, these characters would most definitely pass with honors.

All the trope-fit-characters have a life and a purpose, so they don’t feel tropie, instead they feel real. They could be real people, and that's a beautiful thing when you're reading a contemporary romance. I love how you can tell who is texting based on the way they write, I love that they have a voice of their own. I love how the romance wasn't insta-love, but it wasn't exactly slow burn either. They build that up with a lot of tension between them. The smut scenes? Well done! None of the nonsense of "his sausage" you know? Just a little bit of awkward conversation that even Nora knew didn't make any sense.

I love how Emily Henry took a (literal) list of tropes and dismembered piece by piece and put it together in a slightly different way, not too far from the trope, not too close that we get bored.

And I can't even start to talk about the sisters' relationship. I'm a sucker for that, and it was so beautiful to watch (actually read) they get back together the way they deserve. Their relationship with their mom was so real, every relationship here felt real, actually.

It's 4+ stars. And I think the only reason it's not 5, it's because I'm not into romance that much.

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