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Personal Growth with a Sense of Humor

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-22-23

The voice for the character felt very fitting. Thought this was a great performance.

Lola is a self absorbed teenager who wants to be a good person and generally “do better” but fails in moments when social pressures and easier paths are present.

Lola has a great sense of humor and is a very realistic teenager finding her way. I loved her personal growth, family dynamics, and texture as a character.

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Boring and unlikable characters and plot

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1 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 12-30-22

I hated this book. I really didn’t want to finish it but i read it for a book club. I like unlikable characters, but this main character is so uninteresting and awful with very little texture you don’t even love to hate her, or root for her to change. I mostly was rooting for her to get in a car crash and die. She’s an alcoholic - which isn’t addressed. Self absorbed sahm blogger with 0 self control. She’s also dumb. The plot tries to be a thriller but I didn’t care enough about anybody to even care what happened. The murder comes in pretty late and it all just feels pretty poorly written.

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Feel good listen, but not in a cheesy way

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Reviewed: 07-11-22

It’s been a long time since I loved a book this much. Narrators were perfect, too.

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Loved

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Reviewed: 04-02-22

I loved the character evolution in this book. So many books feel predictable and redundant but Being Mary Bennet had the charm of the young adult genre with more interesting characters and a focus on personal development and friends and family relationships rather than just romantic ones (but it has that too!). Would definitely recommend.

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Fangirl Audiobook By Rainbow Rowell cover art

Most relistened to book in my library.

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Reviewed: 09-11-20

I love Rainbow Rowell and her narrator Rebecca Lowman. I love everything they’ve done. But this is my favorite. It’s a perfect book, perfectly narrated.

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Not for me

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-25-20

This book came highly recommended by friends that I usually share the same taste in books but this was not for me. The narrator was deeply unsexy to me and the book felt too long, to sweet, and too predictable. I know it’s romance and those are all to be expected, but for me it fell flat.

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I'll Give You the Sun Audiobook By Jandy Nelson cover art

Love love love

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Reviewed: 10-07-16

Will definitely listen again. Super cute story. Loved the way it followed one person at one point and the other mc 2 years later. Seeing the way the stories intertwined was a really fabulous storytelling technique. Can't recommend enough!

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