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The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

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ktv's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

My first one bed trope book and I rly liked it! I loved tiffy and Leon’s dynamic. It’s mildly opposites attract and worked out so well. All the side characters didn’t feel like side characters; they had their own life and color, were so fully fleshed out. Third act conflict was great bc it was more than just normal miscommunication, there’s a nuance to it. 

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samreadsthings's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

4.0


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sarahh1984's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75


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frantically's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Definitely one of my 2023 highlights and one of my new favourite romances! Never did I think I would say this about a book where it takes the mc's SO long to actually meet but it worked so well and the post its oh god!! so in love. 

Tiffy is such a relatable character for me, especially when it comes to thinking about her size/body and I appreciated that much. 

The way Leon worries for Tiffy? Peak whump. So much suffering but also! so much love, so it was fine xoxo

This book had me laughing out loud while I was in bed sick and I could gush about it for forever but give it a chance! The writing style in Leon's chapters always made me DNF but it fits so well into the book and really just adds it's own magic, I promise!

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kangaroux's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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kassidyreads's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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birdie770's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0


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hopelessromanticbookworm's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑏𝑎𝑔, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠.”

I have always wanted to read this book ever since I put it on my shelf. There has been rave reviews from other bookworms about it, so when I finally picked it up I was excited.

This book is a slow burn romance, friends to lovers, pen pals & LGBTQ.

At the beginning of the book I was suspicious of Leon but eventually grown to love him. I love Tiffy’s style/personality that she kept showing throughout the book even in difficult times. I love Richie, Gerty, Mo & Rachel…these four had me sniggering throughout the book.

Even though this book is about flatmates, their past stories are revealed causing difficulties and pain. There is an awareness of Emotional Abuse, that I thought was well written and got you thinking of all people in the world that have been/are going through this. It shows how the friends react but also support them and sometimes stepping back to get them to decide/come to terms of things on their own. 

The moments between Leon and Tiffy were cute from start to finish, but it picked up more after half way through the book.

Even though we had the lives of Leon & Tiffy to read about, we also get and insight of other characters too such as Richie, Mr Prior & Holly at the hospice and many other characters…but they all fit well with the main characters stories too. I love the emotional story of Mr Prior and his lover Mr John White that shows you should live in the moment and never leave things too late.

I did enjoy this story and found it cute, funny at times, inspirational and educational - on the terms of emotional abuse x

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lahars_little_library's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Love love Love! This was so much deeper than I expected!

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missgray's review against another edition

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

2.0


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