It Only Happens in the Movies

Holly Bourne, where have you been all my life? A short, by no means definitive list of just some of the literally innumerable awesome things this book contains: - feminist criticism of romcoms - a takedown of the bit in The Fault in Our Stars when the characters' steamy makeout happens in the Anne Fran......more

not my cup of tea. as in not my first drink of choice, but i will drink it if theres nothing else. i can understand the important message of this story and why things ended the way they did (i would have made the same choice had i been in audreys position), but its not really what i wanted to happen......more

Here’s what we have for our literature menu: Feminism vibes and realistic touch to the sensitive issues like mental health, drug addiction, divorce✅ Smart criticism of romcoms ✅ Witnessing an average heroine’s turning into a badass one who stands for herself including asshole cheating father like a rab......more

i'm just going to eternally scream into the aether about how viscerally satisfying this book was this story is about what is essentially audrey's senior year of high school (i say essentially cause hoe is british) and the life changes that are happening to her. her father has left her mother for anot......more

4.5 stars “You can’t help your feelings. But you can choose what to do about them. I am literally standing up right now, wildly clapping my hands in frenzied adoration and reverence to that most wonderful, powerful conclusion to a supposedly romantic story. Seriously. I could still feel gooseb......more