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I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman

185 reviews

emburke's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Eating disorder

Minor: Outing, Drug use, and Adult/minor relationship

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

lunarreads's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

I'm always such a fan of Alice Oseman's books and this one is no exception! Firstly, as a Muslim, I adore Angel and I loved reading her POV and just her story 🥺. I'm always so happy to see Muslim main characters. I also adore the Ark my boys, and I love them all so much, especially Jimmy. This story starts off slow in my opinion, but I warmed up to it as I read on and by the end of it, I'd die for all the characters for real. Alice has such a way of taking characters emotions and writing them in such a raw and beautiful way, I could feel the emotions of all the characters off the page. I'd recommend this book for anyone who is part of a fandom or adores bands and so on!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

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

savannahrb's review

emotional funny tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts