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The Love Haters by Katherine Center
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did not like it
bookshelves: arc-netgalley, z-2024-all, dnf

DNF @ 66%.

I cannot believe I’m saying this about a Katherine Center book, but I hated this so much, I had to quit. Maybe (most likely not) I’ll pick it back up again at some point, but the Big Conflict that appeared to keep the love interests apart was extremely off-putting and archaic and felt gross. And the FMC’s body image and history of disordered eating was… confusingly handled. I can’t nail down *exactly* what was giving me the ick so badly, but something felt very off about pretty much everything.

Center will always be an auto-read author for me, but this book was a total miss/mess/hard pass.

* thank you to St Martin’s Press for the NetGalley review copy. The Love Haters publishes in May 2025.
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Reading Progress

November 21, 2024 – Started Reading
November 21, 2024 – Shelved as: arc-netgalley
November 21, 2024 – Shelved
November 21, 2024 –
page 1
0.31% "I don’t think I’ve ever hit the NetGalley Read It! button so fast in my life."
November 25, 2024 – Shelved as: dnf
November 25, 2024 – Shelved as: z-2024-all
November 25, 2024 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Abigail (new) - rated it 2 stars
Jan 10, 2025 09:33PM

Abigail E 66% weeks was the EXACT moment to DNF. I was sent into a rage and regret to inform you it only got worse from there.


message 2: by Ashley (new) - rated it 3 stars
Jan 13, 2025 08:22PM

Ashley Fresenius 63% was the exact moment I was like … um.. how are we supposed to come back from this? And not in an intriguing exciting way, but in a, “really? That’s where this is going?” way.


message 3: by Erica (new) - rated it 4 stars
Jan 14, 2025 09:17PM

Erica I think I know what part this was. I was also very much not feeling it lol


message 4: by Brooke (new) - rated it 3 stars
Jan 16, 2025 07:32PM

Brooke Hill I felt the same way! Glad to know I’m not the only one.


message 5: by Kendra (new) - rated it 2 stars
Feb 21, 2025 04:06PM

Kendra Bowen Finished it today. I just said the same thing. I can’t quite put into words what it is that just made it fall flat, but the ridiculous body image issues and the big conflict were just off putting and annoying.


message 6: by Dona's (new) - rated it 3 stars
May 07, 2025 08:30PM

Dona's Books the treatment of the ED was so stigmatizing I thought. thinking of DNFing this as well


message 7: by Ariane (new) - rated it 1 star
May 26, 2025 05:37PM

Ariane I felt the same way!


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