lara_hoffy's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
fine, lighthearted romance. fake dating is hard to pull of in a realistic way
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Moderate: Death of parent
carina_dreamer's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
• Está foi a leitura de Janeiro em conjunto com a Bestie e eu estava desejosa de o ler porque:
1 - favorito da comunidade em qualquer plataforma
2 - o facto da Olive ser demisexual.
Este último ponto foi sem dúvida o que mais me motivou.
• Depois dos meus 25 anos comecei a ponderar muito sobre mim mesma, romântica e sexualmente 🤔
Ao ler os excertos deste livro, sobre como a Olive se sentia em termos de atração por terceiros e da sua falta de sentimentos pelo Jeremy, senti pela primeira vez que lia algo com o que me identificava e foi fantástico debater isso com a Bestie ☺️
• Estava tão fascinada por essa conexão com a Olive que depois meio que me atrapalhei quando se deu o picante e na minha cabeça nenhum recetor "spicy time" se acendeu e fiquei desconfortável. (I have yet to find an Adam to snap that on me...) Mas a cena não foi má, quando ele levou a mão dela... 🤭
• Ironicamente, eu peguei neste livro pela Olive, mas não gostei dela 😅
Em rom-coms as protagonistas que detesto são aquelas que parecem umas baratas tontas afligidas. Falsos-namoros implicam mentiras, mas a Olive foi acumulando uma bola de neve delas. Miscommunication é uma trope que detesto e tantos monólogos na cabeça dela que podiam resolver tudo nunca foram ditos! Para uns cientistas, os dois faziam muitas suposições erradas um sobre o outro 🙄
• Gostei dos encontros para café e quando a Olive resolveu os seus problemas 💪
• O Adam não se tornou um book boyfriend para mim e acho que foi por aquela primeira impressão de que as suas palavras ponderadas pareciam estar a manipular a Olive, porque eu já sabia que ele estava apaixonado e ela também mudava de opinião mal ele dizia algo...
Claro que depois gostei de como ele era atencioso à sua própria maneira e respeitava a Olive sempre.
Quando ele começou a dizer gracinhas é que conquistou, porque homem calado e sem hobbies parecia ter falta de personalidade 😂
• Os amigos dos dois eram um pouco "too much" às vezes, mas ajudaram muito.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
1 - favorito da comunidade em qualquer plataforma
2 - o facto da Olive ser demisexual.
Este último ponto foi sem dúvida o que mais me motivou.
• Depois dos meus 25 anos comecei a ponderar muito sobre mim mesma, romântica e sexualmente 🤔
Ao ler os excertos deste livro, sobre como a Olive se sentia em termos de atração por terceiros e da sua falta de sentimentos pelo Jeremy, senti pela primeira vez que lia algo com o que me identificava e foi fantástico debater isso com a Bestie ☺️
• Estava tão fascinada por essa conexão com a Olive que depois meio que me atrapalhei quando se deu o picante e na minha cabeça nenhum recetor "spicy time" se acendeu e fiquei desconfortável. (I have yet to find an Adam to snap that on me...) Mas a cena não foi má, quando ele levou a mão dela... 🤭
• Ironicamente, eu peguei neste livro pela Olive, mas não gostei dela 😅
Em rom-coms as protagonistas que detesto são aquelas que parecem umas baratas tontas afligidas. Falsos-namoros implicam mentiras, mas a Olive foi acumulando uma bola de neve delas. Miscommunication é uma trope que detesto e tantos monólogos na cabeça dela que podiam resolver tudo nunca foram ditos! Para uns cientistas, os dois faziam muitas suposições erradas um sobre o outro 🙄
• Gostei dos encontros para café e quando a Olive resolveu os seus problemas 💪
• O Adam não se tornou um book boyfriend para mim e acho que foi por aquela primeira impressão de que as suas palavras ponderadas pareciam estar a manipular a Olive, porque eu já sabia que ele estava apaixonado e ela também mudava de opinião mal ele dizia algo...
Claro que depois gostei de como ele era atencioso à sua própria maneira e respeitava a Olive sempre.
Quando ele começou a dizer gracinhas é que conquistou, porque homem calado e sem hobbies parecia ter falta de personalidade 😂
• Os amigos dos dois eram um pouco "too much" às vezes, mas ajudaram muito.
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Moderate: Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Death of parent
slayharrie28's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
hanjaks's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I did not want to enjoy this book I thought it was going to be cringey and soppy with lots of second hand embarrassment (I like a well done rom-com but find too many to be an equal measure of far fetched narratives, unlikeable characters and moments that make your toes curl…and not in a good way!) and although some of the plot points and characters were frustrating I have to say I bloody loved this book and did not want to put it down!! I can understand the hype and would say it’s well worth a read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent and Cancer
miisa's review against another edition
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? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual harassment
baearles's review against another edition
emotional
funny
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Medical content
Moderate: Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Sexism, Cancer, and Cursing
Minor: Alcohol
alba_marie's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
3.5 stars.
I don't read this genre a lot, so I don't have a strong benchmark. But the 3rd person narration in a rom com felt odd.
The book itself was fine, and I enjoyed the academic setting, the women in STEM subplot, and the side character Malcolm, but thought the romance part felt somewhat stilted and contrived. As usual with me, I really did not like the main female friend (Anh), who generally was annoying and often seemed to derive joy in forcing her friend into awkward situations.
Olive is an awkward character and person, and while I enjoyed reading about her journey through academia, I wasn't her biggest fan. I thought Adam was a far more interesting character to read about and get to know. Though he was meant to standoffish, and might be annoying in life, as a book character, he displayed more depth than Olive was...just okay. I wanted to like her, and truly felt for her in light of the sexism and difficulties she went through. But even by the time I finished the book, I still thought Adam was a far more interesting character than Olive.
Fake dating is my absolute least favourite romance trope. It just feels so fake. When does this ever happen in life!?! But my biggest issue of the trope is the lack of communication and all of the lying required to make fake dating work. It's a bizarre and unrealistic concept. Just SAY what you MEAN. But to force the trope to work, lying is required. I also thought Olive's reason for fake dating was super dumb and made no sense. Adam's supposed reason for agreeing to it made a lot more sense. But hers? Gah.
For a book full of science, there was a surprising lack of chemistry. Also, the sex scene (singular) was very meh.
Anyway. Lots of potential, and yes, I know I'm especially harsh on romance novels (to date I have given exactly 1 romance novel a 5 star rating, congrats Emily Henry), but I do think this book could have been better.
I don't read this genre a lot, so I don't have a strong benchmark. But the 3rd person narration in a rom com felt odd.
The book itself was fine, and I enjoyed the academic setting, the women in STEM subplot, and the side character Malcolm, but thought the romance part felt somewhat stilted and contrived. As usual with me, I really did not like the main female friend (Anh), who generally was annoying and often seemed to derive joy in forcing her friend into awkward situations.
Olive is an awkward character and person, and while I enjoyed reading about her journey through academia, I wasn't her biggest fan. I thought Adam was a far more interesting character to read about and get to know. Though he was meant to standoffish, and might be annoying in life, as a book character, he displayed more depth than Olive was...just okay. I wanted to like her, and truly felt for her in light of the sexism and difficulties she went through. But even by the time I finished the book, I still thought Adam was a far more interesting character than Olive.
Fake dating is my absolute least favourite romance trope. It just feels so fake. When does this ever happen in life!?! But my biggest issue of the trope is the lack of communication and all of the lying required to make fake dating work. It's a bizarre and unrealistic concept. Just SAY what you MEAN. But to force the trope to work, lying is required. I also thought Olive's reason for fake dating was super dumb and made no sense. Adam's supposed reason for agreeing to it made a lot more sense. But hers? Gah.
For a book full of science, there was a surprising lack of chemistry. Also, the sex scene (singular) was very meh.
Anyway. Lots of potential, and yes, I know I'm especially harsh on romance novels (to date I have given exactly 1 romance novel a 5 star rating, congrats Emily Henry), but I do think this book could have been better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent
pau_line's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Ich fands echt ein zuckersüßes Buuch. War es an manchen Stellen cheesy? JA, auf jeden Fall....hab ichs trotzdem irgendwie geliebt? Definitiv!
Erstmal: es ist eine perfekte Mischung aus süß und lustig, es werden auch tiefere Themen angesprochen und ich muss sagen, ich fand das ganze sehr relateable....schon unrealistisch teils, aber unterhaltsam und herzallerklebst.
Olive ist so ein authentischer Charakter, ich konnte sie nur mögen uND ADAM NH...ich versteh wirklich nicht, warum er so als betont "schlechter Mensch" beschrieben wird, weil er ist es sowas von nicht.
Ich hab ihn von Anfang an sehr sehr gemocht und er war so unglaublich verständnisvoll, hat sich gekümmert und alles
Die Beziehung der beiden ist absolut zucker. Ich liebee, wie die beiden so sehr aufeinander Acht geben und alles mit so viel Konsens und Rücktsichtnahme (zumindest ab ihrem Deal) etc stattfindet.
DANN: wie es geschrieben ist war super. Ich glaube, es ist witzig, wenn man selbst schon ein bisschen mehr mit dem System Wissenschaft und Universität vertraut ist, weil viele Anspielungen darauf vorkommen und schon Nerdjokes gemacht werden haha. Aber da ich mich da ja bisschen auskenne , fand ichs echt oft super lustig.
Wie gesagt, war es aber schon manchmal sehr cheesy und drüber. Der Anfang und der Deal waren irgendwie bisschen random haha, aber darüber konnte ich gut hinweg sehen.
Worüber ich nicht hinweg sehen konnte, war Anh (die beste Freundin)....weil boah, sie hat mich so ca. ab der zweiten Szene übelst genervt, aber sie kam nicht soo oft vor alsooo joa haha
Fazit: süßes Buch für Zwischendurch, wenn man mal was leichtes lesen möchte. Wie gesagt ist es schon von Vorteil, wenn man bisschen Unileben, Begriffe und Forschungsabläufe etc kennt, das macht es schon besser und lustiger... aber ist jetzt keine notwendige Voraussetzung
Erstmal: es ist eine perfekte Mischung aus süß und lustig, es werden auch tiefere Themen angesprochen und ich muss sagen, ich fand das ganze sehr relateable....schon unrealistisch teils, aber unterhaltsam und herzallerklebst.
Olive ist so ein authentischer Charakter, ich konnte sie nur mögen uND ADAM NH...ich versteh wirklich nicht, warum er so als betont "schlechter Mensch" beschrieben wird, weil er ist es sowas von nicht.
Ich hab ihn von Anfang an sehr sehr gemocht und er war so unglaublich verständnisvoll, hat sich gekümmert und alles
Die Beziehung der beiden ist absolut zucker. Ich liebee, wie die beiden so sehr aufeinander Acht geben und alles mit so viel Konsens und Rücktsichtnahme (zumindest ab ihrem Deal) etc stattfindet.
DANN: wie es geschrieben ist war super. Ich glaube, es ist witzig, wenn man selbst schon ein bisschen mehr mit dem System Wissenschaft und Universität vertraut ist, weil viele Anspielungen darauf vorkommen und schon Nerdjokes gemacht werden haha. Aber da ich mich da ja bisschen auskenne , fand ichs echt oft super lustig.
Wie gesagt, war es aber schon manchmal sehr cheesy und drüber. Der Anfang und der Deal waren irgendwie bisschen random haha, aber darüber konnte ich gut hinweg sehen.
Worüber ich nicht hinweg sehen konnte, war Anh (die beste Freundin)....weil boah, sie hat mich so ca. ab der zweiten Szene übelst genervt, aber sie kam nicht soo oft vor alsooo joa haha
Fazit: süßes Buch für Zwischendurch, wenn man mal was leichtes lesen möchte. Wie gesagt ist es schon von Vorteil, wenn man bisschen Unileben, Begriffe und Forschungsabläufe etc kennt, das macht es schon besser und lustiger... aber ist jetzt keine notwendige Voraussetzung
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent and Cancer
elumpio's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Cancer, Sexism, Sexual content, Grief, and Sexual harassment
daringreader13's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
Hypothesis- because this is Star Wars fanfic I will hate it. 😅 Too bad the test results proved that hypothesis to be absolutely false.
And now I read everything she’s written before her book event in a couple weeks.
Also I did in fact read this in one sitting. Which wow. I need to read it again already.
And now I read everything she’s written before her book event in a couple weeks.
Also I did in fact read this in one sitting. Which wow. I need to read it again already.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Body shaming and Death of parent