From the Bookshelf of EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club

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What Members Thought

Laurel Bradshaw
I don't have a lot to say about this book, because I am not the audience for it. If you are in your twenties you can maybe relate, but I am well past that, and have no desire to be reminded of the awkwardness of my college years. There's an awful lot of sex going on here, so I have no idea how this might translate to TV, and I doubt I will ever watch it anyway. I'll give it three stars with a "yellow" caution, because I think there IS an audience for this book, and it had a satisfying ending. I ...more
Andy
Jun 13, 2020 rated it it was amazing
"Maybe they were just curious to observe the chemistry between two people who, over the course of several years, apparently could not leave one another alone."

Summarized her own book quite well.

It's billed on the back of the book as being about young love, and that's the theme, but it's a much more powerful story of depression and self doubt than anything.

I really liked it. Multidimensional characters. Sharp wit. A fun wade through some of the darkness of the human condition.
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Cathy
Mar 13, 2022 rated it liked it
This book is rather low-key and not much happens (I'm at the halfway mark). The lilting Irish accents on the audiobook were a treat. ...more
Tiffany
Jul 11, 2023 rated it it was ok
Really slow read found the characters to be boring and non communicative which I guess was on purpose but they never really solidified as people I'd be interested in reading about ...more
Susannah
Kids today. I just don't know. ...more
Kimberly Osmanagic
Mar 04, 2020 marked it as to-read
 Marla
Apr 21, 2020 marked it as bbc-suggestion
Shelves: romance, award-winner
Fieldy
Apr 28, 2020 rated it really liked it
Adela
May 14, 2020 rated it did not like it
Julie
Jan 13, 2024 rated it really liked it
Erik Steiner
Jun 27, 2020 marked it as to-read
Mimi
Jul 06, 2020 marked it as to-read
Amanda R
Jul 25, 2020 marked it as to-read
Amanda
Aug 10, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Prathiba
Sep 20, 2020 rated it liked it
Sara
Dec 28, 2020 rated it really liked it
Renee Cockram
May 10, 2021 marked it as to-read
Lindsay
Aug 03, 2021 rated it liked it
Bethany
Nov 03, 2021 rated it did not like it
Mary Yuhas
Feb 06, 2022 marked it as to-read
JJ
May 03, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lea
Jul 28, 2023 rated it it was ok
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