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I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

221 reviews

rhogosch's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Und wieder einmal habe ich Oseman unterschätzt. Was am Anfang wie der Plot einer 08/15 Fanfiction wirkt, entpuppt sich sehr schnell als brilliante Geschichte. Oseman schafft es dabei mit viel Feingefühl die vielen einzelnen Aspekte eines Fandom aufzuzeigen. Wie viel Kraft und Zugehörigkeitsgefühl eine Fangemeinschaft spielen kann, wie wichtig Idole und Dinge sind an die man glauben kann, wo beginnt die Adaption eines Fremdbilds, was bedeutet Verantwortung und Erwartungsdruck, etc. Dabei kann es teilweise richtig weh tuen, zuzusehen wie die Charaktere immer tiefer fallen und alles auf den großen Knall zuläuft, jedoch die Figuren in ihren eigenen Problemen und Schwächen gefangen sind und man praktisch durchs Buch schreien will „Nein, gib dir nen Ruck!“ oder „Tu doch etwas!“.
Also ja dieses Buch macht es einem fast unmöglich nicht emotional involviert zu sein. Das liegt auch an den wunderschönen Figuren von denen ich wirklich keine einzige nicht mochte (ok Dave ist eine Ausnahme). Die Dynamik zwischen den Personen ist unglaublich vielschichtig und es war faszinierend diese zu erforschen. 

Ich könnte noch ewig weiter aufzählen warum diese Buch genial ist und es nicht einen negativen Aspekt gibt, aber das klaut euch nur Zeit. Zeit in der ihr dieses Buch jetzt sofort lest!
Vielleicht findet trotzdem jedoch noch wer Zeit mir alten Dino zu erklären was Tumblr ist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

frey's review

emotional sad

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abandonment, Deadnaming, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Vomit, Medical content, and Blood

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

4.5

I still think Loveless is Alice Oseman's best novel thus far, but this one might be a close second. It really digs into the idea of fame and the ways society obsesses over famous people. And mental health and anxiety and all of those thinks you come to expect in an Alice Oseman novel. Of course, we get another group of characters who are wonderfully developed, and thrown into this kind of chaotic situation. 

I also appreciated that there's no central romance in this, it's more focused on friendship of the main two characters. They're both trying to figure out their place in the world, and finding each other kind of helps with that. Oseman really just excels at writing those kinds of relationships in her books, and that's what keeps me coming back to them.

Anyway, I can now say that I've read every single one of Alice Oseman's books, so yay! Can't wait for what's to come next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Transphobia, Outing, and Adult/minor relationship

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

3.0

Like other Oseman books, I didn't love this but I also didn't dislike it. It was entertaining, but felt like a self-insertion fanfiction by and about fans obsessed over a boy band. The characters are all fun and the problems they navigate werr intriguing enough to keep me reading to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Self harm, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

good_names_dont_exist's review

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Transphobia

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Outing

dalek_caan's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

I found this book to be enjoyable and a pretty quick read. I found Angel to be a really annoying pov character at first but she grew on me as the story went on. I definitely felt like there was a lot of nuance with the characters overall, which I definitely appreciated. It was also kind of interesting to follow two sides to the same story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Outing, Transphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

brontosaurusbb's review

emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder

teslis's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Go read it right now!! <3

Now I've read all the four big books by Alice Oseman and this one is absolutly my favorite one out of them. 

In this book we get to follow Angel who is a big fan of the most popular boyband at the time: "The Arc". She is truly one of my favorite character in this book, along with the whole band. Angel feels like a real person with what she say and do. I can totally see us as friends.

The part I really enjoyed with this book, was that we also get to follow Jimmy who is one of the members in "The Arc". He struggles with allot of anxiety both personally, but also from being in the band. To follow his bandmates thinking and doing was a big highlight of this book. 

I really felt like Angel allot of time while listening to the audiobook. I think we have allot of similarities,  example of that being to have dedicated allot (if not all) of my teenage years to fan-girling over different bands (and fictional characters). Listening to allot of things that she and her friends talked about was something that brought back memories. 

I loved to see the differences of the same thing from the two perspectives. That is truly what I liked the most about this book. Some dual p.o.v. can be messy, and hard to understand, but Oseman know how and when to switch and what to keep and what to not. So to live thru Angel as a fan, but also to see Jimmy's point of view as someone in the spotlight was what I loved. To be reminded of the good parts that allot of famous people experience, but most importantly all the bad things that a fan don't see. 

I would like all people to read this book, I loved it (!!), but especially all the fans of bands and other real and famous people to see what can be going on behind the cameras. It's not all sunshine and rainbows and it's important to understand that.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Medical content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Vomit, Stalking, and Adult/minor relationship

acebooknerd_07's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Outing

forka's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Outing, Alcoholism, and Injury/Injury detail