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patronising and outdated

Revisado: 10-03-24

look, some of these ideas are all right. but all of it is at least 100 years out of date in the field of psychology. it denies trauma, which is one of the most cutting edge fields of current psychology. denying trauma as the root cause of most mental illness is just, if you'll excuse my language, completely insane.

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So Refreshing

Revisado: 03-30-23

I genuinely have never read a romance book with this kind of dynamic. It was really refreshing to see a break from gendered stereotypes! It was also funny, sweet, silly, lighthearted, and just what I needed when I felt so down.

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Nothing happens

Revisado: 01-29-23

Nothing happens, and in a story like this where you don't care at all about the characters, that's the worst. I liked the messages to young girls but it felt like a PSA, not a novel.

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Nothing particularly wrong with it

Revisado: 10-24-21

This novel brought up some interesting ideas and thoughts. I just have to say that sadly I didn't connect with the characters really at all. I liked it for the story and critique of capitalism, but it could have been great if the characters had been compelling. It wasn't just that the movie star guy was unlikable, I just got so bored hearing about him, I didn't care at all.

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I wish I liked this

Revisado: 10-24-21

I am so sad that I disagree with everyone on this one. I just was so bored halfway through I couldn't finish it. I didn't care about the characters. It started off strongly but their relationship was so tepid and the conflict was so forced.

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Even better read by the author

Revisado: 10-24-21

I had read this book of poetry before and adored it, but it's even better hearing the author perform it. He made me laugh and also you could tell what parts he put the most feeling into. Excellent.

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Disappointing

Revisado: 10-24-21

I can tell the author of this novel really, desperately wanted to be interesting and shocking with this book, but I am sad to say it was neither of those things. I ended up listening on 2 times speed because I was so bored, which from this premise you'd hope wouldn't happen. It actually wasn't weird enough for me. The reader doing the kids' voice made my stomach turn every time, it made me truly hate him, which I know was also the authors fault. Overall I was left with the impression that this would have made a much, much better short story/novella.

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Best audible experience in a while

Revisado: 10-24-21

Failure after failure, disappointment after disappointment, this book saved me from that slump. It's unique and compelling and nauseating and well-written, and the reader was great. If you think a good book hinges on the need for a female main character to be a puppy-saving baby-kissing tepid wash basin full of greywater then I wouldn't recommend this book, but if you like thinking critically then I would.

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Boring characters and writing

Revisado: 07-04-20

The worst part of this book isn't even that the book doesn't actually match the promised premise in the description, or that it's supposed "sex-positive" attitude is actually a farce - it's that the characters suck and their relationship was extremely boring.

You can't claim to be sex-positive and then still have the main character act high and mighty, the only "smart" girl, the only "pure" virgin, who still very much waits to have sex with a guy she's known her whole life once she knows she's in love with him. The book also strongly looks down on the only character who actually is sexually promiscuous. The big stupid twist is that Andrew is also a virgin, making their first time "so pure"! This book is just puritanical bull disguised as feminist and forward thinking.

I hated it for this reason, but mainly, there just wasn't a single likable character, and it was really poorly written.

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Pretty much what you'd expect

Revisado: 07-04-20

I started out quite liking this book, but I guess the continued levels of saccharine blandness didn't really do it for me. There could have been way more tension between the characters, because most of the book, especially the second half, just felt like an expository waste of time - like the author didn't really know how to resolve the story, so she brought it to a very slow, boring halt. It's a shame because the cute premise was a lot of fun, and at the start I liked the tension between Jack and what's her name, but they both ended up being really boring, and so did their interactions. I listened to the last few chapters on 2 times speed.

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