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A review by caitrisriding
Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
funny
lighthearted
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
I pleasantly enjoyed this book. I’m a sucker for quotes so starting each chapter w/ a romantic quote from famous rom coms, I adored it!
I loved how Lynn Painter wrote Wes’ character and how we got to know him as Libby got to know.
The end to me was awfully lackluster, I was thinking up several ways for it to end better than it did on the way there, but it wasn’t awful and was still cute. Just wanted something bigger there personally.
“ I fell in love with teasing you in the second grade, when I first discovered that I could turn your cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you. “
“You look best when you’re you.”
“Society—wrongly— expects a pretty girl to eat a salad and pick at her food, but you wolf down a burger like a person who’s been starved for weeks. And probably raise by wolves.”
If you love boy next door, enemies to lovers, or fake dating tropes, you’ll probably pleasantly enjoy this book also.
I loved how Lynn Painter wrote Wes’ character and how we got to know him as Libby got to know.
The end to me was awfully lackluster, I was thinking up several ways for it to end better than it did on the way there, but it wasn’t awful and was still cute. Just wanted something bigger there personally.
“ I fell in love with teasing you in the second grade, when I first discovered that I could turn your cheeks pink with just a word. Then I fell in love with you. “
“You look best when you’re you.”
“Society—wrongly— expects a pretty girl to eat a salad and pick at her food, but you wolf down a burger like a person who’s been starved for weeks. And probably raise by wolves.”
If you love boy next door, enemies to lovers, or fake dating tropes, you’ll probably pleasantly enjoy this book also.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Grief