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It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura

26 reviews

lilworm's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

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

2.0

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agateg's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.25

“And I remember that hiding the truth doesn’t stop things from being true. Not talking about things doesn’t stop them from happening. Pretending that a thing is something else doesn’t change its true nature.”
Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don’t invite her to parties. Some are big, like the fact that her father may be having an affair. And then there’s the one that she can barely even admit to herself—the one about how she might have a crush on her best friend.
I did not enjoy this story at all. I think there are better lgbtq+ stories than this one.

I really disliked the amount of cheating in this book and how the characters dealt with it

. I did not find the main characters lovable or even likeable which in turn made the story unenjoyable.

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adalheid's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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

3.0

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botanicalprofanity's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

1.5

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questingnotcoasting's review

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I was quite enjoying this at the beginning but was started to find it slightly boring. I thought I'd read some reviews to see if it was worth continuing and then found out about

a cheating storyline

which I have no interest in reading about and I know will ruin the book for me.

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jenniferduann's review against another edition

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funny hopeful 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

5.0

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em_k714's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

3.5

I really liked the beginning of the book, but it makes it hard to like a main character who seems relatable until they are blatantly racist…

especially if they also cheat on their partner, that always loses me

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dalmavatai's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.5

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wynterwonderland's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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eeriewater's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective

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 went into reading this book expecting a cliché love story, and it did not disappoint, but at the same time it managed to take up issues like internalized racism in something I found to be a very thought provoking way. Going through your life, it can be easy to think "I'm not racist," just because you don't use the n word, and that you speak up for black people. But racism is, as this book shows, about so much more than that. Racism is also those small, seemingly "innocent," stereotypes or expectations most people have for people of different ethnicities, and this is something you have to take a moment with yourself and think about. Which one of these stereotypes have you internalized? This is one of the topics this book, in my opinion, tackles very well. As a white person, who feels she's quite woke, and very much not a racist, this book made me realize that I should take a moment and think through what sorts of stereotypes I may have internalized and never challenged over the years of my life. I can't say weather this books representation of "casual" racism was accurate or not, I'm not the right judge of that, but, I think the authors goal was making people take a sec to consider these internalized stereotypes etc, and do something to remove them from your life, and in my case, this book definitely did just that. Now, this is in no way the absolute main thing of the book, firstly It's not like it's a secret is about a young girl experiencing love for the first time, with all the complicated and messy things that comes with it.

LGBTQ+ rep: Lesbian mc (mentioned with word), Lesbian love interest

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