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Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko

45 reviews

madanxiety's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

"Good Luck, Babe" by Chappell Roan, the good ending.

This is like the book I always wanted to write. But I guess I should still write it because there still aren't enough wlw stories on paper. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Lesbophobia

robinks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-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

3.25

It was lovely to hear Kiyoko narrating her own novel. Having other voice actors and certain sounds within the audiobook was an interesting choice but also ended up taking me out of the story. I found myself rolling my eyes at some of the scenes too.

I also haaaated Sonya’s character, which made Coley’s feelings for her hard to understand, and I’m annoyed that they end up together (though I do appreciate the nod to the Girls Like Girls music video).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy

readingqueerly's review

emotional lighthearted 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

3.0

It's not that I think this book is amazing and everyone should read it. It's just that it made me a little nostalgic for my baby queer days when I watched this music video over and over again. And now, years later Hayley Kiyoko herself actually wrote the story for those two characters. 
Though with that, I must say it was a little underwhelming. I should have known as simple YA romances just don't really hot the same anymore for me. It wasn't bad necessarily, just a little clunky and repetitive at times. I think if this book had come out seven years ago I would have loved it a lot more. For me it's just a little too late to be reading this.
It's a debut novel and it very much feels like a debut novel in YA. It was... Fine I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

hologram_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

captaincocanutty's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

butchingdyke's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-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

2.0

after years of watching girls like girls on youtube, ive finally found this book and i was radiant. as i read it, it disappointed me: the whole miscommunication trope was bad, the characters couldve had more development and the ending was rushed.
started as a book i thought i would keep with me forever, similar to the music video, but it really fell short.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

i was hoping coley and sonya's relationship would be more stable and overall communicative. it wasnt really my thing that they only started to solve things up on the last few chapters. i actually liked them in the beginning and i wish there were more happy moments between the main couple.

kittara's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

piastri's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

very sweet book, an easy read that i nearly finished in one sitting. bonus points for hayley kiyoko and also a happy ending for wlw

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol

ghost_rider's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

Hayley Kiyoko I love you but what is this? Generally the writing wasn’t great and things were very melodramatic, but it’s YA so I can forgive that to an extent. The main problem was that the main couple feels impossible to root for. The insta-love felt so unrealistic and over-the-top. Sonya consistently treats Coley like shit throughout the book and honestly I didn’t even want them to end up together. I understand that Sonya was struggling with her sexuality and had a lot of internalized homophobia going on, but I think that could have been portrayed without making her so downright cruel. She acted so terribly a good 90% of the time. I think the story would have benefitted from a dual POV to help understand her better. The ending was rushed, unrealistic, and didn’t feel convincing or lasting at all. I did like the relationship between Coley and her dad Curtis though. One extra star for Curtis alone because he really carried.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Suicide, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Outing

miloblue's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.75

Best Seller, Shmest Beller…. this book was….OK.

my main disappointment was that Coley ended up with Sonya, who didn’t really redeem herself AT ALL.

It’s a pretty big angst fest throughout, but I did appreciate how Coley kinda did some work and have some growth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt