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I devoured this book. It was so good it made me angry. Pair it with When Dimple Met Rishi or Nice Try, Jane Sinner. Full review to come!
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"Loving someone was traumatizing. You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. Everything precious was also vulnerable."
Penny Lee is a college freshman at the University of Texas in Austin. She's eager to get away from the drama that always seems to surround her mom who is, sadly, super hot and super clueless about the attention ...more
Full Review:
"Loving someone was traumatizing. You never knew what would happen to them out there in the world. Everything precious was also vulnerable."
Penny Lee is a college freshman at the University of Texas in Austin. She's eager to get away from the drama that always seems to surround her mom who is, sadly, super hot and super clueless about the attention ...more
A super quick read. EMERGENCY CONTACT is by no means a perfect book, but the romance is very sweet. I didn't completely love either protagonist but they had great chemistry. I also liked that this book addresses what happens when a virtual relationship turns into an IRL relationship. This happens to couples who have met online or are long distance, and there will definitely be readers who relate to this.
Choi's novel delves into parenthood in a lot of ways. She incorporates into what Penny writes ...more
Choi's novel delves into parenthood in a lot of ways. She incorporates into what Penny writes ...more
I'm just glad neither myself nor my own 'emergency contact' is this insufferable. 😬
I am editing though because the one redeemable thing was Sam's letter, which very much encapsulates how I feel about my own, platonic emergency contact(life/friend emergency contact not medical one.). I'm so glad he exists, and whatever random forces helped us be friends, worked.
So since you're out there, possibly reading this, here's part of Sam's letter.
"I know we're basically just a series of texts. But I'm g ...more
I am editing though because the one redeemable thing was Sam's letter, which very much encapsulates how I feel about my own, platonic emergency contact(life/friend emergency contact not medical one.). I'm so glad he exists, and whatever random forces helped us be friends, worked.
So since you're out there, possibly reading this, here's part of Sam's letter.
"I know we're basically just a series of texts. But I'm g ...more
Omg this book is everything. It reminds me of something Rainbow Rowell might write.
But Korean heroine. I feel pretty blessed in this last few years to be reading so many books from the perspective of something that clicks so fiercely with me in a way I never thought could be. I get the second-guessing, the disbelief, etc. And the mom issues. And not really believing white girls have problems.
What Penny grows through was a good trip. Friendships, mother-daughter, first love (and that weird intim ...more
But Korean heroine. I feel pretty blessed in this last few years to be reading so many books from the perspective of something that clicks so fiercely with me in a way I never thought could be. I get the second-guessing, the disbelief, etc. And the mom issues. And not really believing white girls have problems.
What Penny grows through was a good trip. Friendships, mother-daughter, first love (and that weird intim ...more
Some really lovely moments in this book and a nice love story. A little unevenly written.
May 06, 2018
Liz
rated it
really liked it
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Nov 16, 2018
Holly
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it was amazing
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