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Can You Keep A Secret?

by Sophie Kinsella, 2003 · 366 pages

This reads like a chatty confession from a slightly chaotic best friend, all run-on anxieties and self-deprecating asides. The prose is quick and conversational, built for gulping down in big sittings, with comic set pieces that escalate into cringing, laugh-out-loud territory. It is fizzy and undemanding, the kind of book that makes you grin on public transport.

romantic comedy · funny · breezy · heartwarming

What Can You Keep A Secret? feels like to read

• Page-turner: 78%
• Darkness: 12%
• Emotional intensity: 35%
• Humor: 85%
• Romance: 70%
• Complexity: 15%

Reading age: 16+ (adult)

Spice: 1 out of 5. kissing and implied intimacy only

Can You Keep A Secret? tropes

• meet cute
• secret identity misunderstanding
• workplace romance
• fish out of water

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