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Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren

17 reviews

clara01's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

4.0

This book got me out of a book slump. It's a calming, lightheaded easy read and I recommend it.

I loved the parts about Korean culture and the quirkiness of the FMC (without being unbelievably weird and clingy). I think it's so important to see characters being accepted as themselves even if they're not *normal*
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greatexpectations77's review against another edition

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

3.25

I had really mixed feelings about this one. First, just speaking to the audiobook - the male narrator did just the most unrealistic women's voice for Hazel. Like a weird mouse on helium. It drove me nuts. Hazel was written as a Manic Pixie Dream Not-Like-Other-Girl, and it was tiring. Also, the character trait of like having zero self-control was kind of ugh too. I also hated the whole
surprise pregnancy thing. Why the hell did Hazel tell Josh that she was "covered" when it came to birth control when she absolutely was not??
I also felt like
the dropping of the towel thing was I guess supposed to be sexy, but since there was no communication really about intentions, it could have been a really not great reaction for anyone.
But the sexy scenes were fun. ALTHOUGH. I would really like an expert to explain to me
what are ACTUALLY the possibilities of starting to have sex when you are sleeping. It seems like quite a stretch and an excuse that someone could use to get around consent. God dammit. We have to model consent in these sexy books!
I guess I didn't have terribly mixed feelings about this haha I didn't really like it, but the writing was fine and the story was fine.
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kirstencholewa's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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poati's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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frantically's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

4.5

Absolute feel-good book! Josh & Hazel are so oblivious to their obvious feelings for each other that I'd be simply annoyed if it was anyone else — but it's Josh & Hazel (and I love them as much as they love each other <3) I wasn't the biggest fan of the pacing at the end of the book but other than that, I really enjoyed every part of it! 
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booksndboba's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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saraavowlerr's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.75

It kind of lost me in the last 50 pages, I don’t really like miscommunication tropes. But the first 250 were perfection.
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lazybooklover's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

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jamiebrito's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

4.0

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capybooks's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

3.75

Even though I wasn’t too sure at first, I enjoyed reading this book so much. I ended up not being able to put it down! It was just what I needed - a fun, light-hearted and lovely story to put me in a good mood. And it did just that :)
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