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I Kissed Shara Wheeler
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bookshelves: contemporary, lgbt-plus, ya, 3-stars, unpopular-opinion, eh, reviewed
Jun 02, 2022
bookshelves: contemporary, lgbt-plus, ya, 3-stars, unpopular-opinion, eh, reviewed
my defining characteristic, you ask? easy. perseverance.
day in and day out, i suffer my fate of constant unpopular opinions, doomed to desperately seek a seat at the proverbial cool kids' table, disliking one young adult crossover bestseller after another.
you might call that stubbornness, or even masochism.
but i'm going for optimism.
this is the third casey mcquiston book i have picked up, and the third time i have held out hope that this will be the One, and the third time i have come away feeling absolutely meh.
once again, i love this author's side characters and can't get behind the protagonists. once again, i find this book pretty charming at first only to be worn out by the end. once again, i find myself truly intrigued by a story line or two, and once again i have found those aspects to be afterthoughts at best.
once again, i crave more Friendship (love mcquiston's friendships) and more Banter (love mcquiston's banter) and once again, i am left thinking i could have lived without the entire second half of this.
in truth, this is like a john green book if i didn't completely hate john green books.
but clearly i didn't love this so i'm not sure how much that means.
bottom line: if at first you don't succeed, just keep trying like you've been cursed by a weird overly specific witch.
day in and day out, i suffer my fate of constant unpopular opinions, doomed to desperately seek a seat at the proverbial cool kids' table, disliking one young adult crossover bestseller after another.
you might call that stubbornness, or even masochism.
but i'm going for optimism.
this is the third casey mcquiston book i have picked up, and the third time i have held out hope that this will be the One, and the third time i have come away feeling absolutely meh.
once again, i love this author's side characters and can't get behind the protagonists. once again, i find this book pretty charming at first only to be worn out by the end. once again, i find myself truly intrigued by a story line or two, and once again i have found those aspects to be afterthoughts at best.
once again, i crave more Friendship (love mcquiston's friendships) and more Banter (love mcquiston's banter) and once again, i am left thinking i could have lived without the entire second half of this.
in truth, this is like a john green book if i didn't completely hate john green books.
but clearly i didn't love this so i'm not sure how much that means.
bottom line: if at first you don't succeed, just keep trying like you've been cursed by a weird overly specific witch.
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Jun 02, 2022 10:18AM
Emma you're cool anyway. You'd still be cool if you don't read this but I'm excited you'll be reading this because I have it on my tbr too
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anaislostinpages wrote: "Emma you're cool anyway. You'd still be cool if you don't read this but I'm excited you'll be reading this because I have it on my tbr too"i am honored beyond words
Maybe...third tries a charm? I don't know if I mean that for you or for her because I also didn't dig the last one haha.
tbh this is my least favorite of hers. I love RWRB and One Last Stop was alright
I absolutely loved it. Hope you enjoy it too! ☺️
This booked took me so long to read. I wanted to like it, but it was too long and plodding for me unfortunately.
i wish you luck, but this one was just very ok to me. i think casey mcquiston may not be for you!
s.penkevich wrote: "Maybe...third tries a charm? I don't know if I mean that for you or for her because I also didn't dig the last one haha."our eternal optimism, s dot
s ⚢ wrote: "i also have never loved a casey mcquiston book but im soo cool which means you are too"this is reassuring
Jenna wrote: "tbh this is my least favorite of hers. I love RWRB and One Last Stop was alright"rwrb is my least fav of hers and this is probably tied with ols for meh
kiko 🝮 wrote: "I absolutely loved it. Hope you enjoy it too! ☺️"i liked it fine! which is kind of a win really
Amy wrote: "This booked took me so long to read. I wanted to like it, but it was too long and plodding for me unfortunately."it felt very long to be fair
roz⭐ wrote: "i wish you luck, but this one was just very ok to me. i think casey mcquiston may not be for you!"unfortunately this kind of logic will never beat out stubbornness for me
i REALLY dont want to sound annoying but casey is non-binary, so their pronouns are they/them... im so sorry if i sound like a bitch rn haha
you’re so right for this
nisha wrote: "i REALLY dont want to sound annoying but casey is non-binary, so their pronouns are they/them... im so sorry if i sound like a bitch rn haha"this is the opposite of bitchy!! thank you so much for correcting me!!
Kate wrote: "you’re so right for this"<3
