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Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

30 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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Review pending St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books boycott. 
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jdrosario_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad 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

this is a great book!! it really draws you in and you get really into the characters and the plot. you will be incredibly mad. you will be incredibly frustrated. and you will be incredibly sad, and happy, and other emotions. however it’s worth it. lovely book thankyou for recommending jenna i love you 🫶🫶
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mcreasman's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I’m so bummed by this book. It was pretty anticlimactic. I know this is Hayley’s first book, but it was so obvious while reading it. It was also read by Hayley and I just wish it was read by a pro because there was definitely a lack of emotion? Idk I know I couldn’t be a professional at this. I think a different narrator would’ve made it sound less cringey. I didn’t like the characters. The main girl, Coley, had just gone through a serious trauma and is also 17 so I’ll give her some slack, but the other characters were all just huge jerks. The main love interest, Sonya, is awful to Coley and yet Coley still idolizes her?? Also the main conflict at the end was incredibly problematic and was brushed over so quickly???? The whole story just really didn’t sit right with me…
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micaelacccc's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • 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

4.0

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historianvik's review against another edition

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

3.75

I enjoyed like 95% of the book. The plot was interesting and I loved how the characters were built. I hadn't seen the music video before (watched it after I read the book) so it was all new to me. I think things were too fast towards the end. I like how Curtis wasn't villianized and actually present. I wanted more from the ending
i wanted curtis's reaction and to read about the consequences of trenton's actions. Also how Colby and Sonia naviagted school beyond the summer
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taylorsevalia's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved the small town vibes and coming of age queer story! This year, I started to gravitate more towards audiobooks after it took me years to find the kind of audiobooks I like. I’m happy to say I decided to listen to the audiobook first because this is the best one I’ve read! I need Hayley Kiyoko to narrate all the books from now on and for me to read more books that tell stories as atmospherically as this one did! 
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zoopalsfanaccount's review against another edition

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

3.0

I really wanted to like this book more than I did but I just found so many of the relationships to be so unhealthy and not fully addressed as such :( 
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aus10england's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-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? Yes

4.75

This was… SUCH a surprise. 
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juliesleseecke's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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pencilspeaker's review against another edition

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

3.75

I enjoyed the feelings of nostalgia this book created for me. Coley carried me through the story and the journal entries/AIM messages were a nice touch. I really hated Sonya tho, and the whole storyline felt a bit rushed.
Maybe my 16-year-old self might have really enjoyed the book.
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