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The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

narniareads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

nannasa16's review against another edition

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4.0

One whole star only for the ending.

blakehalsey's review against another edition

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4.0

Nina LaCour has quickly become one of my favorite authors. THE DISENCHANTMENTS is a beautiful book, filled with that all-too familiar teenage angst and the questions that revolve around high school graduation. I liked the male POV, but felt Colby was still written mostly for girls, not that that is a bad thing. He's in love with his best friend, Bev, who does some strange things that are never really explained and the things that are make sense, but she's not an altogether likeable character. However, I still found myself liking her because Colby saw something so beautiful in her. I really loved all of the the little threads LaCour used to tie certain characters together. Overall, a great, angsty read.

tess1209's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

kcwfd's review against another edition

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

4.5

lexieb's review against another edition

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5.0

I could say something deep. Something about love and epiphanies and growing up and being a teenager on the brink of everything just wondering what the fuck you're going to do with this whole entire life.

But I don't want to say that. Here's what I want to say:

Nina LaCour has the most honest writing I've ever read.

abigailrosalynn's review against another edition

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4.0

This was not my favorite of Nina LaCour's, let's just get that out of the way. I was actually a little surprised that the main character and narrator was male, but it didn't take away and I still really enjoyed it. However. I didn't like Colby. It wasn't that he was a boy, it was the way that he treated the other characters and
Spoiler his creepy and frankly objectifying, assumptive, and just gigantic gross obsession with Bev. It was like Paper Towns but worse because there wasn't a lesson at the end, but a weird and IMO unnecessary transition from friendship to romantic love? It's bizarre to me because LaCour didn't seem like a writer who would do that. It's SO. SO. important to acknowledge the existence of love in a friendship, that doesn't need to be forced into romance and can be platonic. It felt like friendzone placation and I did not like it at all.
But! I loved the other characters so much! The writing was, of course, fantastic, and I really loved the openness and realness of the ending
Spoiler in the sense that you don't have to have everything figured out, not that everyone can just go to Europe???? But I have had friends who have done that, so it was more realistic to me than perhaps to others.
. This is definitely not a *fun summer YA read* as the cover suggest, it is definitely more of an emotional ride and deals with the tough decisions that people feel forced to make after high school, which hit home to me. I also think that the novel has a very refreshing and fun look at life, albeit very free spirited.

gellyreads's review against another edition

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reflective sad medium-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

3.0

readswithrosie's review against another edition

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4.0

Ninaaaa you did it again. And now I have to wait (impatiently) for your next book to come out

danreads's review against another edition

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hopeful relaxing medium-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5