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The Wiener Across the Way by Amy Award

25 reviews

catherineatspam's review

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

3.75


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garbage_mcsmutly's review

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

📝 This was a fine book but didn't quite grab me. It also didn't really track that the FMC fell for the MMC the way she did? The plot was interesting and kept me engaged. The FMC was kinda confusing to me because she is so clearly an analog for Taylor Swift, but then they explicitly reference that Taylor Swift ALSO exists in this world???

🌶️ 3/5 The scenes were explicit but there were only a couple of them and they didn't really grab me either.

🏳️‍🌈✊ Good fat representation and some light activism stuff. Decently feminist. Some minor character diversity.

🎧 Great performances from both narrators!

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shelvedbygrace's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

5.0


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sophia_reads_romance_probably's review against another edition

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

4.0


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raindrops333's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I wanted to not like this. This is clearly a fictional accountll of a certain pop singer relationship to a football player, almost feels like plagiarism on how much "borrows" from what's publicly known of that story.
Down to the phone number on a friendship bracelet, tape masters, spoiled cat but as a dog, and dad manager.
 
Yet, the author managed to insert enough unkown details to make the story interesting. Docked a star for lack of imagination and originality. I really resisted liking it, but cannot deny the tale's appeal.

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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

    I loved this! It's a great quick, light read, full of body positivity, and spice! The fat woman gets the big man. I loved Wiener the Pooh, LOL, such a cute little pup. Plus, all the T. Swift references. It also had a decent plot, so it wasn't pointless fluff, but still spicy fluffy.
    I never trusted Skeeter, she was working Kelsey too hard from the get-go. 
   

Narrators' Rating: 5.0 stars
  Both narrators did an excellent job!  

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kimberlyyyreads's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.5

Not a fan of the Taylor and Travis fanfic done here 💀

Also I think it’s weird that Kelsey was known as the biggest pop star in the country despite Taylor swift existing in the same verse??? 

This really threw me off 😭😭

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amyrandles1's review against another edition

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lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5


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memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-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

2.75

unfortunately i did not like this book as much as the first. i loved the characters but i didn’t connect with it as much as the first and once i realised it was basically a taylor swift x travis kelce fanfic it put me off a little (not that there is anything wrong with that but it took me out of the world a little and it just didn’t hit me like the others). a shame but still enjoyable. one thing i did like was that even though it was grumpy x sunshine, kelsey never actually thought of him as “mean” or grumpy as everyone portrayed him and thought of him as and he nevertrated her that way. i’m excited for everett’s book!

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paginasdapaty's review against another edition

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funny 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? No

5.0

💭 Começando que a palavra wiener tem um sentido duplo/amplo em inglês. Podendo ser: 🐶 salsicha (Dachshund), salsicha, ou p🍆nis. 

Gente, que livro! Que livro! Impossível não amar, você tem um boy totalmente golden retriever/cinnamon roll com fama de malvadão é uma diva pop gorda fabulosa. 

Temos um quase fake dating, já que nosso maravilhoso Declan nunca respondeu que aceitaria o acordo e nossa Best não faz ideia disso. Dec se apaixonou por ela assim que a aconheceu 💕

“Ah M*rda. Sim. 
Ela era minha. 
Ela simplesmente não sabia disso ainda.”

No livro temos referências ao mundo pop, ao futebol americano. E mesmo que você não entenda muito do esporte é bem fácil já que a autora fala de uma forma simples. 

Já deu pra notar que os livros dessa série virão com os irmãos Kingman caindo de joelhos pelas mocinhas logo de cara, e eu AMO isso. Fora que sempre há algum bichinho fofo envolvido na história. Você se apaixonará pelo Wiener The Pooh com facilidade hahah (sim ela chama o 🐶 dela com referência ao Ursinho Puff. 

Eu tenho já a minha suspeita de qual irmão será o próximo protagonista. Mal posso esperar 🥹

E por favor, Amy. A Jules também merece um livro lá no final da série 🥹❤️

Kelsey é um diva pop gorda, temos alguns momentos que rolam comentários gordofóbicos, eu sou gorda e assim como Kels, eu me aceito da forma que sou. E isso sinceramente não me abala mais. Caso isso seja um problema pra você recomendo ler com cautela. 

Eu amei. 5⭐️e 5🔥 e Favoritado com louvor. 

🏆ᴍᴇɴçãᴏ ʜᴏɴʀᴏsᴀ ᴘᴀᴛɪᴢɪɴʜᴀ ᴀᴡᴀʀᴅs
Gente, essa não é uma fanfic da Tay Tay com o Travis, mas você encontra tantas referências de Swifities, eu que não sou fã da cantora me vi totalmente envolvida e amando isso!

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