tym_flies's review
- 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
Also, also, women in STEM. What a novel concept (not really, but its nice to see it in the romance genre, or ANY genre, but I digress).
Graphic: Grief, Cancer, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence
Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Toxic friendship and Bullying
wellreadandhalfdead's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Sexual content
ellie_girl2929's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer and Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Grief, and Medical content
payneamorgan's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment
m_esme_rized_by_books's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Spoiler
The only reason I haven't quite given it 5 stars is purely just because of a small detail -which I am aware is personal to me for why it bugged me - and that is Olive's best friend Anh not having a reaction to finding out at the end of the book that Olive had been lying to her for months, I just found that a bit too unrealistic and I feel it would've added more depth to Anhs character if she had been given a scene to have a small conflict with Olive about this. But I am aware that I am more likely to be somewhat miffed by this small detail because of the nature of best friend that I am - if I were in Anhs shoes I would very much be upset 🥲. So I understand that the author may just have not pictured Anh as this type of friend in her mind, which is valid. Moving on to my favourite scenes of the book - which literally had me giggling and kicking my feet like a teenager again - the scenes in the first half of the book where Olive and Adam had to partake in some classic fake-dating trope activities, but the specific scenes where Olive had to sit on Adam's lap in the auditorium, and then go kiss him after he'd moved a truck, were SO GOOD and I am already looking forward to one day re-reading this book and getting to read those scenes again hahaha 😂 also the fact that Olive only realised how attractive Adam was after seeing him in a well-fitted basic black t-shirt is so real and I completely relate lmao 😂This was the perfect book for me to read at this point in my current life - brilliant escapism and well-written enough to feel realistic in my head, and have me really rooting for the characters throughout the book 🥰 Also big shoutout to one of my best besties for recommending this book and for providing me with her copy to borrow 😊
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Grief
chainsiren's review
5.0
Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Death, Sexual harassment, and Death of parent
serendipity421's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Cancer, Sexual content, and Death of parent
Moderate: Grief, Cursing, and Sexism
Minor: Alcohol
babsi_222's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I was very cheesy and cringy.
The Romans writing was very Wattpad, which if you like it then fine, but I just don’t want to read a normal book written like a Wattpad story. It has a very explicit smut scene That’s also quite Wattpad written if I have to say.
I guess I enjoyed a bit more than I thought I would because I thought I would not enjoy it at all. I don’t think I wanna read it again, but it was cool that they had lots of chemistry right from the beginning and you figure out a lot of different things in the course of the book.
I’m not sure if it bothers me, but I really couldn’t ignore the age gap and that she is a student and he is a professor. It’s just a bit weird
Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Cancer, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
what_karla_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual content
Minor: Sexism, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Cancer, Death of parent, and Cursing
lynini's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Cancer