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A review by sotnasck
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

What I love the most about Stephanie's books is that they're teenagers and it feels like it. One of the things that bothers me when reading about a teenage girl meeting the love of her life in highschool is how it is portrayed. But in Stephanie's stories it feels natural, real and something that you can read and think "of course" because this is what being a teenager or being in love for the first time it's supposed to feel like.

And the characters are so ordinary and true. Like, they can be someone you know, they can do things and remind you of someone real in your life. Also it isn't like "oh my God, my life is so boring but when I met him my life changed and I wanted to die for him" type of love story. Which, honestly, A+.