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Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus

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dreezy's review against another edition

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emotional tense slow-paced

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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atlantae's review against another edition

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0.25

I don’t even know where to start with this book…

I am genuinely baffled that anyone read this and thought it was good. Baffled. The writing style is extremely childish (think all caps when a character IS ANGRY and descriptors like “…she said, depressed…”, the characters are one-dimensional and the plot is as predictable as the alphabet.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love a fluff book. This book is clearly supposed to be a bit of fun and I was prepared to judge it as such, but it fell far below my expectations. I have never read anything that was more desperately crying out for the help of a competent editor. The main character was clearly a self insert, which is not inherently a problem, but the author was obviously using her to live out personal fantasies rather than write an engaging story. Why were there two hundred pages of rowing in a book about a cooking show?? Oh right, the author rows herself.

I knew from the first page, when the five year old was reading Dickens that it was going to be stupid, and it really did nothing to change that belief for the next 389 pages. I only finished it because it stopped me from going on twitter for a couple of weeks, so thanks for that.

Can’t believe such an interesting concept was fumbled so hard.

*Plus 0.25 stars because the author took a chance on an herself and that’s cool*

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bdunks's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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profkeefe's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

A lovely, light read with important feminist themes.

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danisbookshelfx's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

This book was different to my usual reads but I still enjoyed it a lot! The representation of sexism is believable for the time it is set. It was interesting reading it almost like I’m watching a sitcom. The character development was strong and I felt that I had closure at the end.
Can’t wait to watch the series!

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rockstar6206's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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fightmeimsmall's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I dearly love this book. I love how Elizabeth isn’t completely perfect but that isn’t at all worked on in the book. Her flaws aren’t something to fix they’re just a part of her. While at times it did almost read as though she were a perfect modern (post 2000s kind of modern) woman set in a time where attitudes were different, it still mostly read well.
One small complaint was that whilst this is very much a book about science and chemistry specifically, I don’t feel I learned anything about the topic. In Weir’s science fiction I learn science. In Kuang’s novel Babel I learned about linguistics. Unfortunately, this book didn’t teach me any chemistry.
It did however, teach a lot about humanity, kindness, and the types of bonds that bind us.

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