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Küssen und andere lebenswichtige Dinge by Katherine Center

20 reviews

michelleann_xo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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momloves2read's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? No

4.5

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downtown_kb's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

Helen has been divorced for a year and her life has felt stagnant. She decides to take a wilderness survival course in hopes of a life reset. Unfortunately, her brother’s annoying best friend seems determined to tag along.

Had to sneak this in before the movie came out! This was a cute chick lit/romance hybrid with a lot of depth.
I enjoyed the outdoorsy setting. I always enjoy a jaded FMC and could really sympathize with her and enjoyed her growth arc a lot. She had a very satisfying amount of personal growth and really was likable despite her flaws. Jake was absolutely adorable from the start. Loved the age gap here being the mmc was 10 years younger. 
I disliked
the OW drama, even though it was mild but I appreciated that she was impossible not to like. I disliked that the only gay character was the one that got injured


This had fun moments and heartfelt moments and was my first Katherine Center.

Marguerite Gavin did great on audio. This romance only has kissing. 
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greatestheights's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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read_with_bailey's review against another edition

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adventurous inspiring slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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ashbreadin's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

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

4.5

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arianashea's review against another edition

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

4.5

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le3713's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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happyreadings's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Katherine Center does it again by writing a fantastic novel that's heartfelt, emotional, yet full of healing and romance. 

This novel follows Helen a year after her divorce from her alcoholic husband. She's decided she's going to do this hiking course to emotionally unburden herself and become a new person and identify with nature. However there's just one small problem. Her younger brother's friend, Jake, is coming too. And he wants to car pool with her.  This was her chance to be alone and find herself and now she has to deal with him. However, when things go sour on their way to the hiking course things change, and Helen demands that they act like strangers the whole trip, all while trying to hide the feelings she has developed for him.

If you are a fan of hiking and nature, you are going to love this book. It might not be super descriptive of the nature but I thought it did show realistically how difficult it can be on the trails. 
If you are a fan of enemies to lovers/friends to lovers romance tropes then this book is also for you. I'm honestly not sure which trope this falls into but I loved it regardless.
If you have read anything by Katherine Center, then this book is for you. 
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