Reviews

By the Book: A Novel of Prose and Cons by Amanda Sellet

youactlikeicare's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

kimbongiorno's review

4.0

For the bookworms who love YA that has romance and friendships in them.

kylajfountain's review against another edition

4.0

3.5/5

Premise and ideas? 11/10. Execution? Mediocre at best. I liked the trivia references (more so when I knew the answers)

andrea_read's review against another edition

3.0

Cute YA book about a girl experiencing friendship and love for the first time. The main character (Mary) reads obsessively the classics mainly because her parents are professors of literature and is now entering public school for the first time. Not sure if it was intentional but it seems that Mary may be on the spectrum as she struggles to understand why people do things, why her oldest friend drops her without much reason and is so obsessive about books. I think the new friends give me mean girls vibes without the mean side of them. I enjoyed being transported into that crazy hormone fueled life.

ambiemmm's review

3.0

3.5

i loved this book and i think you would if you love classic books. the romance was adorable and it really reminded me of rory and tristian’s relationship in gilmore girls. (if they had been given a chance…) like in the book, the girls name is literally mary (if ykyk) and she loves studying and reading classics. and then alex is seen as the “player” who is always with a new girl until he finds interest in mary. (like tristian omg) anyway, definitely had a fun time with this book!

give_me_more_books_pls's review

It was too cringy 

emmgrace's review

lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

ya contemporary is not my thing anymore. clearly. or maybe this book was just bad. 

booksngrannies's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

hollyreadingisjolly's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing 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

lis_allenwalker's review

4.0

This was. . .fine. I had a difficult time with the voice of our main character. Maybe I'm just (finally) getting too old for YA.