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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

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americattt's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective 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

3.75

“I don't need you to be mad that it happened. I need you to be mad that it just like... happens.”

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eagerreader2022's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I felt sucked with the opening scene through the end of the very long first chapter 🙄 then life got in the way and I didn't keep reading for 2 weeks and felt lost as there was a perspective jump. Even with it all being written 3rd person.

Through the middle I felt that alot of background was being simply told instead of small scattered flashbacks, as well as tertiary characters being introduced with minimal need to even be named.

Also, here with our MC I lost track of what the conflict was as there seemed to be about 5 problems to 'solve' with very little overlap to create a cohesive story.

Somehow, I guess Reid did just that though as our MC ends with most of those problems having a resolution 🤷‍♀️

I don't like rating this book so low because of some of the topics it deals with, but I think the 3rd person made it difficult to fully understand thoughts and feelings that led to actions. I was very confused by the motive of our secondary FMC for many actions.

I was pleased with how our MC "stuck it to the man" in the resolution. And to find out a final piece of backstory that made prior drama quite ironic.

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maregred's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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eudaimonia's review against another edition

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reflective slow-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

2.0

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alisonfaith426's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No

3.5

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a8bhatia's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

3.5

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caughtbetweenpages's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

4.5

this book made me furious in the most beautiful way. Not because I thought the book was "bad" by any means--I think it's excellent--but because the characters Reid created were so true to life that it was difficult to stomach a lot of the time. Emira being in a position in her life where she feels adrift and a little aimless, like she's fallen behind her peer group but doesn't have a plan or focus for how to catch up, is Very Real and I think will hit mid-twenties readers directly in the stomach (I know it did for me). I loved the chapters where we followed her closely. She didn't make "perfect" decisions and she had moments where she was petty or angry or just... young, and that was so refreshing. I loved her relationship with her friends and how clearly they all love each other, and her mutual adoration of Briar warmed my cold heart. In stark contrast were the Alix chapters and the Kelley scenes. It was so uncomfortable to watch these two people microagress a woman they both claim to love with White Savior bullshit and turn her into the rope they're playing tug of war with, and ultimately end up hurting her worst in their attempts to get at each other. And they all thought they were the moral victors of this thing! God, it was so good.

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