Reviews with content warning for Ableism - Flipped

man i just wanted to read something cute….

what the hell was that ending? also i know this book was written in the 2000s but the use of the r word in such a common way was tough to digest!!!! and i couldn’t get past bryce shitty behavior!!!! wtf!!! i don’t know what made me read this book at 2am but i hope this never happens again

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hopeful lighthearted medium-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? No

3.5

Flipped has been on my TBR probably since around the time in was published over twenty years ago. If I would've read it then, as a teen, I would've seriously flipped for this book in love. As a jaded adult, I found the story to be sweet and charming and enjoying reading it overall. But I didn't find myself overly captivating by the characters or the story. I listened to the audiobook version, checked out from the library, and it's a fairly quick and lighthearted read.

Juli and Bryce are fun characters, and the alternating points of view were done well. The author did a great job writing them, infusing their personalities with that of their families, as they grow and the perspectives shift. I can absolutely picturing myself being head-over-heels for each of them if I had read this as a teen. Juli reminded me a bit of Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli which in turned reminded me a bit of Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery.

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lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

She flipped when she first saw him. He fled the moment he first saw her. Although not much has changed by the seventh grade, that was in the second grade. It's been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort for Bryce, according to Juli, who says: "My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss." But in the eighth grade, everything is turned on its head: just as Bryce starts to wonder if Juli is more than meets the eye, she starts to question if he is.

When we see the adaptation before reading the book, one of two things might happen: either we fall more in love with the book or we become bored since we already know what will happen next. In this instance, my love for Flipped has grown. Flipped is one of my go-to comfort movies; I'm not sure why, but it simply does. And now that I’ve read the book, I can say the same thing.

It's fascinating to read the same situation from two points of view, and it's gratifying to see how Bryce and Julia's personalities have changed since they first met. I like how diverse in temperament Juli and Bryce are from one another, although they accomplish the same goal in a different time period. I can't emphasize enough how much this book gave me butterflies while I read it in the park because of the unrequited crush, the yearning, the angst, and the fluff.

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