Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1) in shelf indulgence

Mar 18, 2023 tahaslibrary rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult, contemporary-or-something, romance, actual-romantic-chemistry, dislike-to-love, favorites, men-i-love, banter-is-top-tier, fake-dating, so-cute-i-cant

Did I say Wes Bennett supremacy yet or nah?

EDIT: where is the rest of my original review @ Goodreads?

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Sep 02, 2023 Nusfaq Mahmood rated it liked it

Shelves: 2023, fall-reads-2023

Rating: 3.5/5

It's such a cute book. I think I really needed something like that after reading Manacled & Kingdom of Ash. It felt like a really good rom-com. LizWes served enemies-to-lovers so on point. Looking forward to reading more from the writer as it's not only fast-paced but also v funny & vanilla. ...more

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Aug 22, 2022 Torosa rated it liked it

Mind the typos, it’s 3am

pros:

this one is for the girlys that read wattpad in highschool until 3am, with a special shoutout for anyone who read those ‘bad boy’s girl’ tropes. Reading this made me feel 17 again (haha movie pun because this whole book is based on rom coms). The book makes more sense if you have ALSO watched heaps of romcoms (like me) — the references are easier to get. Also a lot the book is also song lyrics so knowing the songs helps too cause then it actually makes sense how Li Mind the typos, it’s 3am

pros:

this one is for the girlys that read wattpad in highschool until 3am, with a special shoutout for anyone who read those ‘bad boy’s girl’ tropes. Reading this made me feel 17 again (haha movie pun because this whole book is based on rom coms). The book makes more sense if you have ALSO watched heaps of romcoms (like me) — the references are easier to get. Also a lot the book is also song lyrics so knowing the songs helps too cause then it actually makes sense how Libby feels in these moments eg. she describes the moment feeling perfectly like Frank Oceans song Forrest Gump — knowing the song made me understand the vibes more ya feel? That was a very engaging element for me, as I always associate music with a certain moods, auras and feeling.

the ending was so cheesy, just like the movies too and the main love interest had ‘dark eyes’ and kept ‘clenching his jaw’ — i think IF i were 17 i would love it a million times more. The highschool melodrama was so addictive i read it in one sitting.

cons:

in saying that, i am a young adult and definitely felt older reading this, as reading the words ‘shook’, ‘slay’ and ‘spill the tea’ made me get icks.

Also the amount of highlighting that Lil Libby (her actual nickname) is so quirky 🤪 She isn’t like other girls 🤩 She’s a freak in highschool 😢

shes so weird (as she mentions every page) she literally will be talking about missing her deceased mother and then say ‘am i weird for missing her? do you think i’m a freak cause i miss her?’ EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Like the urge to point out that ‘she’s a weirdo’ is in almost every interaction it’s infuriating! Even when her actions are the most normal human reactions.

honestly tell me one more time she’s a weirdo before my head blows off, like the overall book being set in highschool already made me on edge, since I just can’t relate to contemporary highschool novels as much anymore — bur with a fake dating/enemies to lovers premise, I felt the need to still pick it up to honour my Wattpad side. ...more

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Aug 10, 2022 emily (bookish_addiction_) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I wasn't expecting to enjoy this so much with it being set in high school but it was super cute and I adored all the movie and music references throughout. ...more

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