The dialogue is trying way too hard to be clever but manages only to be annoying (and boring). And the main character is really, really insulting to nerds. Shut up, nerds are awesome. DNF.

ETA 1/2013: Tried again, still nope.

I absolutely loved Flat Out Love. I can't believe I waited so long to read it! I will definitely be reading Flat Out Matt and Flat Out Celeste soon! ( )

JUST STARTED
I smell a dead relative.
I'm actually somewhat intrigued. But not enough to delve in head-first.
I suspect it won't go over 3 stars for me. Will see.

POST READ
Well, I guess it grows on you. Still a 3.
But that does not mean I don't appreciate it. ( )

Rating: 5/5

I absolutely and utterly loved this book to pieces! It was literally very hard for me to put it down, I even skipped dinner and now I’m ravenous and it’s freaking two in the morning and there’s probably nothing for me to eat right now! So I apologize if my review doesn’t make a goddamn sense.

It is hard for me to talk about the book without revealing any major spoilers; well I have to say that I didn’t see that one coming, the author continued on keeping me on edge, leaving clues and leading me on a false track, but the outcome was totally worth the angst and had me loaded with plenty of feels. It’s the kind of story that you have to read it to experience fully all the extent of its beauty. I am left amazed and flabbergasted which is something that doesn’t occur very often with me.

I fell in love with every character, they felt real, I became infatuated with them via their dialogues: smart, funny, witty, bursting with pop culture references and Matt’s incessant talk about mathematics and physics; sometimes they were heartbreaking, and some were very hot. It was almost excruciating to part with all of them, I even cried by the end.

The back and forth emails and Facebook status updates were a nice touch that added a normalcy to the characters. It reminded me a little of Easy by Tamara Webbers, so it goes without saying that it is the best book I have read this year. ( )

This book snuck up on me. I started off thinking what a cute little story. And then it got serious. Suddenly, I just had to finish the book. I was concerned for the characters. What was going to happen? Would Celeste be OK? What was her problem anyhow? What was the big Watkins family secret? Will Julie find love? Who will she fall in love with? The title is Flat-Out Love anyhow so there has to be love there. Then when I got to the end, my heart was breaking but it was a satisfied break. I'm obviously moving on the the companion novel very soon. ( )