laheath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, and Classism
Minor: Drug use and Antisemitism
jennylarue's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny
Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Grief, Homophobia, Antisemitism, and Sexual content
katherinek's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
When it comes to the characters, I wanted to know more about Jacinda and Ollie. I think that was the intention with Jacinda because she was supposed to feel like a perfect, untouchable celebrity, but I wish the author had gone a different direction with her. Ollie was pretty interesting at first but he quickly turned into just a stereotypical gay man which disappointed me.
I felt the same way about Gabe, too; nothing about him really excited me at all. Chani, however, was very well developed, but I just couldn't see why she really liked Gabe, other than the fact that he was her celebrity crush. The chemistry between them was barely there for me.
The plot was still pretty interesting for the most part, though. I loved the theatre and movie references sprinkled in, and the inside jokes that resurfaced throughout the story were a nice touch. I especially loved how Chani's article about her "perfect day" foreshadowed her trip to the bookstore with Gabe.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia and Alcoholism
Minor: Bullying, Antisemitism, Death, Fatphobia, and Grief
kayladaila's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Misogyny
Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
sian's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Spoiler
The whole emotional impact of of the "you never called!" "you were still married!" "what did you think would happen when you invited me backstage to your play?!" conversations in the later part of the novel, and the way that Gabe's family knows all about the journalist and are so excited to "finally meet her" (when he's been married for the past decade and this is just some woman who interviewed him a decade ago) really requires the reader to be able to suspend their disbelief a heck of a lot considering this is all over a fumbly hookup ten years ago where feelings were never discussed and wherein neither party had any reason to assume it wasn't a casual thing to the other - and then to have them proclaim their love for each other after having spent a few days together in total over a 10 year span just seemed a little tenuous. I just wasn't able to get there, personally.Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia and Alcoholism
Minor: Antisemitism, Drug use, and Death of parent
lauramparis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Misogyny
Minor: Death, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Homophobia
kaitlinlovesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Death of parent, Antisemitism, Misogyny, and Alcoholism
kirareadssometimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Sexism
Moderate: Death of parent and Misogyny
Minor: Antisemitism and Homophobia
lnzava's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Minor: Antisemitism
gabyhat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Homophobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Death