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A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole

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jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective sad 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? N/A

4.5

This book broke me.  I cried my eyes out towards the end reading the letters within.  

I loved the unique concept of keeping a jar of one thousand kisses as it allowed a unique way to record memories of their young love. 
It dealt so well with themes of grief throughout. Both familial and romantic and it honestly hurt my heart these characters didn’t get their happy ending as they were made for each other but I cannot complain with how well versed this whole book was. 
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alyse_turns_pages's review against another edition

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

3.75

I really hated that there were explicit sex scenes between 15 year olds... 
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jessicaharleee's review against another edition

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emotional sad 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

4.0

I loved this so much! It was beautiful and heartbreaking.
 
  • Poppy is the perfect protagonist and I love how deep her relationship is with Rune.
  • The fact that this was largely inspired by One Direction songs is obviously a bonus.
  • The scenes in New York were stunning and emotional.
  • The way Rune treated his parents was just A LOT and was pretty uncalled for. Both families seemed pretty financially comfortable, not to mention Poppy’s aunt is a flight attendant. I have to imagine they would’ve let Rune and Poppy visit each other every so often. 
  • Rune never kissing another person and dying only 11 years after Poppy just seems impossible and tainted this story a bit for me. 
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oliviahullx's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-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

2.0

I did not enjoy this book as much as I’d hoped I would. Don’t get me wrong, I shed a few tears at the end of the book but that was all. The writing for me was way too cringeworthy, not realistic, tried to hard to make you love the characters. Boring book, had to force myself to finish it every time I put it down. Sadly, I wouldn’t recommend or read again. 
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__lucebrennan's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

This book officially ruined me… I haven’t cried because of a book in a long time but this was absolutely heartbreaking, Rune and Poppy’s relationship is everything you hope for, I will be thinking about this book for a long time 
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hollymileham's review against another edition

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

2.25

i am flabbergasted. i was told this was a really good and emotional read... where?? idk if im being very insensitive rn but this book did not give what needed to be gave it was so pretentious it was cracking me up
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kmsander4's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I picked this one up because of TikTok. This was one of those books that I knew absolutely nothing about before I started. All I knew was that I was going to cry. And cry and cry.

In reality, I teared up, I get why people would cry, but it just wasn't quite it for me. The writing style wasn't my favourite and it felt way too predictable for me (not that I wanted some big crazy twist or anything, it just feels like I've read this story a hundred times before).

Isn't the first time TikTok has built a book up too much for me so that reading it is actually a bit of a letdown, and I know it won't be the last time.
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alyssacullen's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
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5.0

I have never cried so hard in a book, I was sobbing by page 100
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sherazel_p's review against another edition

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emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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moodreadererin's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring sad medium-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

4.5

A thousand book kisses is a YA romance that follows Poppy and Rune . I think it's best to read this book going in blind . Just know , I've never cried so hard reading a book before . With that said , read this book! 
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