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This Doesn't Mean Anything by Sarah Whalen

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mpbookreviews's review against another edition

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emotional fast-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

4.75

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wit's review against another edition

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It was becoming a struggle to finish. I didn’t really like any of the characters. The plot was slow to develop, and I didn’t want to give it any more time.

premature_insecurity's review

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No

I wanted to love this book, I really did. And I wanted to give it a good review, but I don’t want to trick people into reading it by giving it a review that wasn’t honest. There are a few bits in there about asexuality that I enjoyed and that are important, but it’s hidden in a plot and behind characters that are bad and uninteresting. This is not especially good ace representation, and if that’s what you’re looking for I honestly cannot recommend this book. Which is very disappointing to say because I had such high hopes

ismildlypoetic's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-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

4.0

Four stars = I loved the book!!! (i just haven't hyperfixated... yet)

I was initially drawn to the book because it was advertised as an asexual romance with spice level: milk. I do think this is true to its word! But that description leaves out that it's also a story foremost of friendship, found family, and the inner healing of my own (incredibly lonely) first year of college life.

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Spencer's stubbornness mixed perfectly with Nick's inability to think of anything else except this girl, and Jocelyn and Hunter were such amazing characters.

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The only thing I didn't love was the Sam plotline, but that's 90% because I didn't enjoy Spencer going through that, and only 10% of the violence interacting with spice level: milk was so jarring. But looking back, it very much fits within the story, and corrective rape very much is something that happens in the ace community.

Anyways, I would very much recommend. Please read. And I'll be preordering the author's next book the second it grazes upon my Insta feed <3

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persephone_fu's review against another edition

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3.0

A primeira parte do livro foi simplesmente perfeita mas a segunda deixou a desejar. A história precisava de um conflito e o que veio não fazia sentido e foi em geral bem frustrante.
Um ótimo 1o livro para a Autora. A representatividade ACE foi o que eu mais apreciei.

anniereads221's review against another edition

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5.0

So I went into this not expecting to love it as much as i did

The content warning page at the start was much appreciated before going in

Spencer I instantly loved and connected to from the first page, her character was so validating to me even with me now being AroAce. The Grumpiness was something i also related to a lot

I am just gonna collect Nicks now. Because the way i fell for this Nick was like ahh i was squealing!!! I also related to him too.

The friendships in this was definitely great, though it felt some of it was easily dealt with. Friendships are always just so meaningful and i feel this really showed it

I wanted to murder Sam so much!!! He made me so angry.

SOME OF THE QUOTES!! THE TITLE BEING MENTIONED THROUGOUT WAS AMAZING

I really need to reread this so i can go through and annotate it!!

But this book was so validating in so many ways i can't possibly spew them all here.

a10a's review against another edition

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hopeful medium-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? Yes

4.0

❤️‍🩹

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rengulick's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

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city_girl_writer's review

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If I continued, then this would have been the worst book of 2023. I wanted to be optimistic and give this self-pubbed queer contemporary romance between an ace girl and bi boy a chance, but I felt like I was trying to numb my brain to prevent myself from clawing my eyes out. What a disappointment!

paranormerbookcorner's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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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