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Book Lovers by Emily Henry

mathildereip's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.25

annmeyer's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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

5.0

walking into The Man Store and kindly asking the cashier for this one

arytia's review against another edition

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emotional funny sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

shireeniebean's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

angiekr's review against another edition

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

4.0

rosiekerber's review against another edition

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

kindlebabe's review against another edition

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4.0

Book : Book Lovers
Author : Emily Henry

If you like :
* sister relationship dynamics for book l
* somewhat-of workplace romance
* enemies-to-lovers
This book is for YOU!

Let’s start with the fact that there’s not a single Emily Henry book I haven’t LOVED! The characters and dialogue development is always on point. Nora & her sisters relationship is so relatable and so fun. I love the dynamic between the two of them.

Nora and Charlie’s relationship and the enemies to lovers trope here is oh my gosh so very fun! Nora and Charlie are both relatable to a lot of people and I feel that is also what makes this book so great! Personally for me — I don’t relate to their lives but still felt as though we could be friends!!

I enjoyed every single minute of this book from start to finish. I read this in a 24-hr span and was so sad when it was over.

Stick this on your anytime day or night TBR if these tropes are for you.

kivt's review against another edition

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3.0

This was fine. Nora's *thing* about being a living foil to a romcom heroine is really boring after a while.

bananamanq's review against another edition

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5.0

This is really a 4.5 but I'm just gonna give it the 5 because it was so cute.

It's rare, to me, to be so captivated by someone so late in a book. Like, even if it's a fantasy series, there's usually someone or something to draw my attention in much earlier. I powered through with this, convinced that I was basically watching a Hallmark movie. Well, I guess it turns out that I was.

I found the author's note explanation to be exactly what I needed to understand why I wasn't so captivated: my brain is simply not used to understanding what happens to "the ex". Where do they go? What do they do next? (Note: as far as I know, Enchanted is the only movie where a 1:1 swap occurs perfectly. I'm sure I'm missing something.)

Laden with romcom references and names inspired by romcoms then bundled up in a melodramatic Hallmark-inspired love story, I was pleasantly surprised. Consider me a fan.

allisonleslie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Compared to PWMOV and Happy Place, this one just didn’t do it for me. Cute story but pretty predictable and I found the main character to be a bit annoying.