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Delilah Green não está nem aí by Ashley Herring Blake

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libbijade13's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring relaxing 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

I am so glad this was the book I chose to get me back into reading romance, I am in love!

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sweetteaandfiction's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by @ashleyhblake

PROS:
🩷All of it
❤️Okay MOST of it
🧡The Character Building
💛The Character Growth
💚Found Family
🩵The Price of Miscommunication
💙The Different Stages and Shades of Grief
💜The Coven
🩷Queer Representation
❤️Bi and Sapphic Representation
🧡Those journal entries

CONS:
💛Spencer
💚Josh, pre book and a little in the book
🩵Claire’s struggle to understand Ruby
💙Miscommunication
💜Isabelle

🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️ out of five art installations at the Whitney and cherished selfies taken by almost teenagers.

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marykscholz's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

good quick sweet read

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beebowbabe's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.25

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lunar_moths's review against another edition

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funny inspiring 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? Yes

3.5

It was good, got a little slow in some parts, then it felt like all the drama was shoved into the last 100 pages, great body positivity, it’s more borderline second chance love than enemies to lovers, it’s light on that trope, beautiful emotional spicy scenes.

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wardenred's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful fast-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

4.0

Okay. Sure. The Ghoul of Wisteria House is in your bed. No big deal.

For a romcom, this book sure made me sad a lot, but not in a bad way. It was just the sheer number of lovely, flawed characters all needing hugs. The romance honestly was among the least interesting parts of the story for me because I was so invested in other subplots. Like Delilah’s “scapegoat and golden child“ relationship with Astrid and how Isabel fucked them both up with her parenting. Or Claire’s relationship with her daughter and her ex and the co-parenting challenges they faced. Or the mystery of why Claire and Iris couldn’t have just *talked* to Astrid about their concerns, because seriously, why all the plotting and worrying? Why not just sit your best friend down and go, “Hey, sweetie, if this swiftly developing new relationship is what you truly want, we’re happy for you. But you haven’t really been acting like yourself, and here’s a list of red flags that worry us—can we maybe talk about it?“

Honestly, the lack of actual communication was a huge thing throughout the book. I liked that by the end of the story it was somewhat addressed and acknowledged, specifically by Delilah and Astrid in relation to their relationship and, in general, to the results of the trauma they’ve endured growing up. But really, there’s not a single prominent character who is capable of just talking things out. I think the ones most up to the task were Claire’s pre-teen daughter and Delilah’s one-night-stand from super early in the book (when she made a brief reappearance).

Despite all the miscommunications, I did like the dynamic between Delilah and Claire a lot, especially as their relationship progressed. There was this interesting juxtaposition between the people they actually were and the people they remembered each other as, and Delilah in particular, in all her interactions with Claire, was constantly forced to confront and reassess certain aspects of her past. I did wish they were on a bit more equal ground. Because Claire, for all of her struggles, had a support network, while Delilah, outside of gradually fitting in with Claire and Iris, was absolutely on her own. No old high school friends happy to reconnect and be in her corner, no close New York acquaintances just a phone call away. It honestly hurt at times how lonely she was.

Speaking of, I’m not sure I loved how her arc resolved in basically

coming home to Bright Falls and slotting herself into Claire’s life instead of having something to herself. Yeah, sure, she’s got her photography and her New York agent and she can sometimes go there for gallery showings and such, but ultimately she confines herself to… a small town she used to hate all her life? And tbh, as much as I love this type of “coming back home“ small town stories, this one left me struggling with the outcome because the town here is just so claustrophobic and hold so few good memories for Delilah. It felt less like she made a choice for herself and more like she sacrificed all she wanted to be with Claire, because *checks notes* none of her art and self-actualization and opportunities meant anything without love.

And hey, love is important for sure! I’m very much hear for it, that’s why I read romance! But I don’t agree that everything else should stop mattering without it. I prefer stories where romantic relationships add something to the characters’ lives, not devalue all their other achievements and preferences. I suspect maybe that’s why I gravitated toward all sorts of other storylines here rather than the romance I’d come for.

Those complaints aside, I did enjoy the overall experience and found all the characters deeply compelling. I’ll definitely continue the series with the hopes of seeing more of Delilah and Claire through other people’s eyes, learning more about Iris who’s my favorite (and I think has her own book?), Josh who’s pretty interesting, and hey, Astrid and Delilah both still have completely unresolved issues with Isabel that I want to see addressed!

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crystalisreading's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyable story. loved the Sapphic energy in this book. The normalcy. WLW get to have their small town fantasy too. And it's nice to see friendship be such an integral part of the storyline....but...

Iris acted like a bully when they were kids and is still making people uncomfortable and being rude even as an adult. It was difficult for me to see her portrayed as a good friend, with no criticism of or consequences for her behalf. even physical assault seems to be okay if she's the one who does it.

Also these characters are freaking alcoholics! There is not a task aside from their jobs that they can do without something alcoholic to drink in their hands. it's nice to see women be able to drink without criticism, but this level of constant, automatic alcohol consumption is seriously unhealthy. Therapy would work better and be easier on their livers.

And as far as representation goes, the Sapphic rep is great, but that's it. This is a glaringly white small town (perhaps accurate in a former sundown state but still annoying), full of conventionally attractive, vigorously healthy ablebodied cis white folks. Unrealistic and grosss.

Part of me wants to read the next 2 books, but I don't know if I can get past the drinking and representation issues, not to mention Iris. So probably not. Back to more diverse romances

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lunxchloe's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Mea gay
Mea very gay

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reddeddy's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

2.5

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nightworldlove's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this (audio) book! First of all I was really lured in by the cover art, because the characters both look absolutely gorgeous, and Delilah was very quickly growing on me. Partially because she's a photographer and I can relate to that quite a bit.

The story itself had me hooked almost instantly and it stayed that way. I really enjoyed the alternating POVs, which really made sense in this case and added a lot. All the characters have a distinct personality, no mary sues here!

There's some smut scenes that were incredibly good and I thoroughly enjoyed those too. The emotions came across so vividly, it was lovely <3 The narrator did a phenomenal job too!

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