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How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang

144 reviews

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

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

5.0

This was a great listen that I sped through! Kinda wish I had listened at a slower rate 😆 

The narrators did a really good job with the material. And the material was solid. There was drama, there was spice, there was angst. Really hitting my sweet spots.

A note on the spice: it was all vanilla, nothing dark or kinky, but this author knows how to write a 🔥🔥🔥 vanilla scene! So it's still  🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ (out of 5) for me.
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m_a_j's review against another edition

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hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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hexaflexagon's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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deen734's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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shuggy's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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spudoodles's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

As a lover of Yulin Kuang's short films on youtube (in particular, "I Ship It") in my teen years, I was thrilled to see that she had released a book. 
Unfortunately it didn't live up to the memories of her charming short films. The book opens with a very heavy topic and revisits it frequently throughout the story, as it forms the main conflict between the two leads. Due to the nature of this topic, the conflict doesn't feel so much like a forbidden romance as it does a valid reason for them to not be together, which, I found, made it hard to root for them or enjoy any of the steamy scenes. 
On top of this, I didn't find the protagonist to be particularly likeable, and often found myself wondering why her romantic interest was pursuing her in the first place.
I did appreciate the depiction of anxiety disorders, and the normalization of it. 
Ultimately, for me, the book left a lot to be desired, but I would definitely give Kuang another shot on the page.
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samara_surface's review against another edition

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4.5

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jennireadsmaybe's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad 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
I will not accept any criticism of How to End a Love Story! From the start to finish, I loved each and every second of this. Yulin Kuang is without a doubt an auto-buy author. The freaking idea itself was so unique because who falls from the person who the person that drove the car that killed their sister?!?! They're like two sides of the same coin, forever tied together after the horrible event. I cried so hard at so many parts. 

I wanted to wrap Helen and Grant in my arms and make sure they never experienced any pain again. I loved the character work and how they each wanted to be like the other while in the writer's room (soulmatism if you ask me). The romance was so damn good that I can't imagine anything topping it for me.
THIS MAN WROTE HIS FREAKING ADDRESS ON HER THIGH
It's been a week and I can't stop thinking about them. The big and small moments, the kisses and the smut, the joy and pain, literally everything about this was phenomenal!!! 

Read this if you like angsty, slow burn romance, writing like Emily Henry with Ali Hazelwood smut, sad girl reads, hurting yourself for fun, books about writers, the inescapable fear that you've already done the best thing you will in life, or are the traumatized oldest daughter of a family that never talks about their feelings! 😄 
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dearbookboyfriend's review against another edition

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challenging emotional lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

workplace, forced proximity, enemies, casual to lovers, opposites attract, angsty, author x screenwriter, tortured heroine, chinese american rep, new jersey, los angeles, open door
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hanz's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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