Reviews

Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore

cjake177's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.5

Cute coming of age story.   Quick read / listen.   We all reach a point that we realize everyone is flawed and you can choose joy wherever you are.   

shannontay's review against another edition

4.0

Fun, easy book to read. The end was a little too simplistic for me, and not consistent with the rest of the story. That having been said, I'm glad I read this - a fun story about a young girl growing up as learns about her family and the realities of life in a small town

swbowers's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• 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

3.0

hgthompson's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

3.25

nicoledeeeeee's review against another edition

1.5

i am very much not the intended audience for this book. acknowledging this but also i feel like the moral of this story is that … it’s okay to give up your dreams and settle in the hometown you loathed for the first 18 years of your life and left as soon as you possibly could? and that is honestly something i just don’t jive with. idk it just feels very tradwife coded to me

the saving grace was there were likable characters -not the main char mind you but like the mom’s friend who basically raised the main char & her sister, & the old lady out in the city.

idk it was a disappointing read. i almost DNF but i was convinced that it was going to resolve satisfyingly so i kept going (spoiler: it didn’t).

young girls reading this: you don’t need to settle for your homegrown jock high school boyfriend just because he was obsessed with you after you successfully escaped the whirlpool of mediocrity that was your hometown. STAY AMBITIOUS, STAY GONE. GO BUILD YOUR OWN LIFE.

blamar0714's review

funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.0

amreadsbooks0905's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? No

5.0

agwilson33's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Beautiful coming of age story

grecia_r's review against another edition

4.0

Cute.

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

2.5

I did appreciate the one sentence acknowledgement of Palestine. This isn’t the worst book I’ve ever read but even though it’s historical fiction, it was a little… too southern Christian heavily doused for my taste. I know it takes place in the late 60’s - mid 70’s Georgia but there was so much judgement that I had to scoff at some of these characters when they clearly were no better. The plot twists threw me for a loop but also felt obvious at the same time (at least with one character in particular.)