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crusoe's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
So This Is Ever After is a really fun fantasy romcom romp and is perfect as a palette cleanser after a tough book because you need exactly 0 braincells to read it.
The plot, nor the characters are strongly written, and most of the story hinges on miscommunocation but it's sweet and a very fun, light read. I find it especially cute that everything Matt and Arek tried to plan to set Arek up with his friends, ended up happening to Matt and Arek instead.
The plot, nor the characters are strongly written, and most of the story hinges on miscommunocation but it's sweet and a very fun, light read. I find it especially cute that everything Matt and Arek tried to plan to set Arek up with his friends, ended up happening to Matt and Arek instead.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
shaipanda's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
This was cuteee! Glad I finally read it and even though the characters were oblivious and dumbasses for most of the book lol it was still a very good time :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent
immovabletype's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
jstarshine16's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and War
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Classism
ezwolf's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
tense
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
3.0
Okay so. I read In Deeper Waters first and was surprised by how much I enjoyed that, so I went in to this with high expectations. Plus it’s based on Arthurian legend which I love.
Unfortunately I was strongly debating stopping at a third of the way through. I cannot stand when modern language and slang are used in stories that are meant to be set in historical/medieval/etc time periods. And the way that the characters spoke made this book seem like it was lifted from a DND campaign or something similar with all of the ways the players might speak. It was just weird to me since this wasn’t an issue in In Deeper Water which is also set in an ambiguous historical fantasy world.
In a surprising turn of events, Arek and Matt’s secret crush plot line was what I enjoyed the most. I actually enjoy a good angst + misunderstanding plot and that was what kept me reading.
Unfortunately I was strongly debating stopping at a third of the way through. I cannot stand when modern language and slang are used in stories that are meant to be set in historical/medieval/etc time periods. And the way that the characters spoke made this book seem like it was lifted from a DND campaign or something similar with all of the ways the players might speak. It was just weird to me since this wasn’t an issue in In Deeper Water which is also set in an ambiguous historical fantasy world.
In a surprising turn of events, Arek and Matt’s secret crush plot line was what I enjoyed the most. I actually enjoy a good angst + misunderstanding plot and that was what kept me reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Vomit, and Kidnapping
cicizzy's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The book is clearly supposed to be simple, silly and fun.
The author doesn’t make a single attempt at believable wordbuilding. All the characters feel like laid back teens playing a role play game to goof around. They didn’t feel like part of the fantasy world at all.
For example when the king was addressed by a servant he answered with: „yeah sure what’s‘ up?“ 😂
They also have chocolate cake, know about pheromones and field trips and dozens of other things.
It feels a bit like an Alternative Universe Fanfiction of a show/book series with a sprinkle (or 5) of crack treated seriously, where the writer is just having fun with the characters.
I do like the concept of „what comes after the happy end“ stories (not that is was seriously explored in this story).
Content Warnings
Minor: Murder and Alcohol
abby_can_read's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
3.0
📖
This was cute book. I liked the setting. I liked the friendships.
This was cute book. I liked the setting. I liked the friendships.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Vomit, and Murder
mirandyli's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A cute, queer, dungeons and dragons-esque story with a disaster bisexual main character. And every character is completely oblivious.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Classism
nxpe's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
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
3.5
I don't really know how I feel about this book. Some of the things that bothered me are:
- The writing style was weird. It felt like it was written for an edgy thirteen year old boy, but the content felt too mature for that (lots of fucks, shits, and boners).
- I found descriptions of the environment to be lacking for the most part. It was rare we got a description, and I just wish there was a bit more floweriness to the writing.
I didn't get as annoyed with the characters' miscommunication because I read reviews before going into this book, so knowing to expect it helped a lot. That being said, it still got a bit frustrating after a point. Like, I wish there was more conflict that them not talking to each other (because let's be real, if Matt and Arek spoke to each other, the entire conflict would be solved).
Overall though, it was a super fun read. Very light hearted, which is nice if you need something as a break in between the heavier books out there (which is what I needed, so...). Plus the cover is just so beautiful, I refuse to not like this book.
I listened to a bit of the audiobook after finishing this (it didn't become available in time). The writing still fits the narrator of the audiobook really well, so if I ever reread this it'll probably be through audiobook.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual content and Vomit
roger_taylor's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Murder
Minor: Alcohol