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Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney

34 reviews

shaipanda's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.75

I absolutely loved the journey of reading thisss
It made me laugh, it made me cry and I got so emotionally attached to the characters and the journeys they go on 
So happy I grabbed this from the bookstore after having heard such good things about it and once I started it I couldn’t put it down and absolutely binged it lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Dementia and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, and Classism

daenerystargaryen's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

zombiezami's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I ended up liking this more than I thought I would. The characters were endearing, they had excellent development, and the conflict worked well to propel the plot forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Outing, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

lmcarr0314's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

I genuinely enjoyed the book. This young adult novel is about high school friendship and the difficulty with race and the difficulty with teens' views of themselves. This book talks about pretty difficult topics and does it pretty well as well as looking at the Young romance blooming between two characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Dementia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death

zoe_archambault's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

cute fluff but also with some substance. lovable characters and nice plot. I don’t love the title though I feel like there were so many more prominent things that could have been made into the title to make it more catchy / relevant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Lesbophobia

dai_renee410's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Dementia

behindherpages's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dementia

moonlitreading_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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

“I want you to be able to celebrate our differences. I need you to be aware that our differences will get us different outcomes in life. And I need you to know that just because I don’t fit into your stereotypes, that doesn’t mean I’m any less Black.”

This book was so good I need everyone to read it!!! Joya Goffney’s writing really had me hooked from start to finish. Following Quinn and see the gang around as they tried to figure out who her blackmailer was while completing the tasks from her to-do list was quite fun. This book also gives a great focus on racism and classism which I think were written really well.

Quinn was such a lovely character. She’s not perfect, and that makes me love her even more. There’s a lot of reflection, self-awareness, and acceptance on her part amid the chaos going on in her life. This experience of being blackmailed was a very ugly one, but it helped shape the person she’s becoming.

Quinn’s friendship with Carter, Olivia, and Auden was so adorable. I especially love her friendship with Olivia. Despite everything that happened in the past, their bond remained intact and became even stronger. I love women<3333

The romance between Quinn and Carter made me squeal because they were soooo cute. They pushed each other to become better and happier versions of themselves, and I love how good they were at communicating with each other. And their flirting and banter??? I’m obsessed.

If anyone’s wondering, yes, I did ugly cry when I read this. I will absolutely read more of Joya Goffney’s work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

kendal_reads's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Racism

Moderate: Dementia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted 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

Wow. This may be one of the best YA books I have ever read. This is marketed as YA but I really appreciate the author for making this more adult and not treating the characters like children in a way where these characters are going through some really tough things, navigating racism and being bullied at school. The characters felt so real, their character development felt so genuine. 

This book I feel needs more hype, more people need to read this important book about racism as a young person and handling falling out of friendships, processing aging grandparents and the pain of them losing their memories, parents fighting and maybe not having the healthiest relationship. Those are a lot of things that kids go through and are real things teen have to deal with. I thought this author did such an amazing job balancing all of these moments and walking us through as the characters are processing and walking out all of this too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol