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People Person by Candice Carty-Williams

34 reviews

gabriellejane's review against another edition

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reflective tense medium-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 loved Queenie, so I was interested to see what Carty-Williams would do in her sophomore novel. Unfortunately, the story fell apart in the middle in my opinion. You have this big event that happened in the very beginning of the book and then from that point to the 70% mark nothing really happened. I feel like the story could have been told in less pages with more meaning than that middle section that did nothing for the characters or the plot. I did read lots of pages as it was a semi-quick dialogue despite my qualms with the plot. I wanted more from the other siblings, and maybe that was a summary issue that focused on all 5 of the siblings, but when in fact it was really told from one sibling really. I'll probably read Carty-Williams next book and chalk this one up to a sort of sophomore slump. 
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d0505's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

3.75

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agirlnamedellie's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

My second read of Candice's and thoroughly enjoyed. Thought the character development and the growth of the relationship between the siblings was so lovely to read about. Loved the humour within this book too and liked that each sibling was very well fleshed out, with their own histories and personalities being very well thought out and individual, which is why I think I enjoyed it so much.  Found the traits of the siblings father difficult to read at times as his behaviour mirrored my own estranged fathers when I was younger, but thats more of a personal feeling to me, but my feeling didn't tarnish how I felt about the book.
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michaelion's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

3.75

TW // British

Very funny. As an only child who grew up with a somewhat absent father, and knowing the secondhand experience my friends had of being one of many children, this hit home. The book is very real in many ways.
Dimple going off on Lizzie, then the next day everyone continuing on like nothing had happened. I imagine that's what it was like after I'd left my friend's houses.
There's something about it I can't explain that I really connected to. Overall, though, the message about family hit my soft spot.
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ukponge's review against another edition

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funny hopeful 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? No

3.75

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tozcoz's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

3.5

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ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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madelinedalton's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

Another absolute banger from Candice Carty-Williams!!! I loved Queenie and was super excited to read her next novel, and it did not disappoint. Carty-Williams is a master at creating distinctive, funny, larger-than-life characters and her narrative voice sparkles with personality. I gave it 4.5 stars instead of 5 because sometimes I was confused by Lizzie's motivations/character arc, and the conclusion to the Kyron plot line was not as satisfying as I wanted it to be. 
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kirstym25's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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

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your_true_shelf's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.75

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