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Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)

Lynn Painter

Start date: August 1, 2025

Finish date: September 1, 2025

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Aug 26, 2025 ₊˚ ⁀➴ kenzie ⠀❦ jacks’ version rated it it was amazing

Shelves: top-tbr, summer-reads, book-bfs, reviewed, wishlist, comfort-reads

❝ She. Isn’t. You. ❞

.𖥔 ݁ ˖ Better than the Movies 🎥

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ∿ 4.5 super cute!

ꫂ ၴႅၴ ˚˖⋆ preread

⠀⠀⠀ ₊ my first Lynn Painter book!! I’ve heard so much about these books and can’t wait to start!!

❦ ˚˖⋆ overview & features (spoiler-free!)

⠀⠀⠀ ↳ A rom-com-obsessed Liz Buxbaum dreams of the perfect love story—until real life starts giving her moments straight out of the movies.

features
⠀⠀⠀ ∘ fake dating
⠀⠀⠀ ♡ childhood rivals
⠀⠀⠀ ∘ next-door neighbor
⠀⠀⠀ ♡ spice-free romcom
⠀⠀⠀ ∘ vibes: 🍿🏀🎥❤️🎧🎶📚🌷☔️ ...more

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Feb 19, 2025 ღlondonღ (on fire for Jesus) rated it it was amazing

I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!!!! This book was everything I expected and even more!! Liz Buxbaum, you are the exact same person as me!! It is such a good book with such good writing and plot. A total enemy to lovers trope that did NOT disappoint me. If you haven't read this book, run, don't walk, run and read it right now!!! I could not put it down and it probably took me a total of 6 hrs to read. I am honestly thinking about rereading it even though I finished it a mere 4 hours ago. Wes, you ...more

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Apr 15, 2025 shelia! rated it it was amazing

gobsmacked, erase my memory now so I can relive this all over again

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Jun 23, 2025 eszter 𝜗𝜚˚⋆ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, faves

I don’t even know what to say… I can’t find the words to describe this yet… loved every second of this!

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Mar 27, 2024 beca♡ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

(4.5★) Meu Deus do céu, que coisinha mais adorável 😭😭

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Feb 16, 2023 Karissa ₊˚⊹ ᰔ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

5/5 stars.

I LOVED this book so much!! Better Than the Movies was everything I wanted, a super cute, funny, and heart melting romcom that gave me ALL the feels. Liz and Wes were literally perfect, the banter, the chemistry, the slow burn… UGH I was screaming the whole time.

One of my favorite things was all the pop culture references. If you love rom coms, this book is basically a love letter to every classic we grew up watching. There were so many little moments where I was like, “YES, this is s ...more

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Mar 23, 2025 Annika Brown rated it really liked it · review of another edition

4/5⭐️

I love this book. I love Wes and Liz. I’m going to cry because it’s over and now I want the sequel to it. To me it’s clear they belong together and this book was painful and cute and beautiful.

It’s been sometime since I’ve obsessed over a book and this one takes the cake. I loved Better Than the Movies. Absolutely amazing🩷🩷🩷

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Nov 24, 2022 Maria ✨ rated it liked it

I really wanted to love this book. It was good, but I lost interest after like the middle:(
A bit too childish for me. Really great cute romance with enemies to lovers and fake dating trope, but I don‘t know… I would have love it when I was 14.

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