win for the lesbians honestly

The best of the "Stranger Things" novels so far, in my opinion. The author totally nails Robin's voice, and fills out her backstory in a way that fits in with everything we know about her. It's also really interesting to see the point of view of someone who didn't know about the things that were going on in the show, and how those events were perceived. Plus, it's pretty funny! If you've been curious about the tie-in novels, this is a great place to start.

An excellent deep dive into Robin that shows how the normies handled everything in the first two seasons!Also, the book starts and ends on my birth date so how can I not love it?

This was about what I expected. It was fun, and had some good references to the show, but overall it was just meh. I did like it more that the three previous Stranger Things novels though, because the writing wasn't godawful. I didn't like book!Robin nearly as much as I like show!Robin. I absolutely love her for all her dry humor and sparkle in season 3, but in Rebel Robin she just came off as a standard pretentious not-like-the-other-girls YA protagonist.

Loved getting a backstory to Robin and her life along the disasters that occurred in Hawkins before she found herself involved. This is a coming of age, make mistakes, and finding yourself and what matters.

This is a delightful book about one of the snarkiest characters on Stranger Things. Robin comes to realize who she is and who she isn’t. Set during the same year of my own Junior year in high school, the book is a wonderful nostalgia dip for me, including the feeling of being an unpopular weirdo. I loved this.

I truly do think that had I read this book when I was younger, I would have figured everything out a whole lot sooner. Honestly the main reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is cause I’m mad at myself that I didn’t read it sooner cause younger me needed a book like this so badly.

Stranger Things: Rebel Robin, by A. R. Capetta it is a prequel tie-in novel based on the Netflix Original Show “Stranger Things.”Set in 1983 two years before the events of Stranger Things Season 3, ‘Rebel Robin’ focuses on Robin Buckley navigating life in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, and her dreams to escape her drab and restraining life by taking a trip to Europe. The book delves into her High school sophomore year and introduces readers to her friend group in the school band, who she fe...

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This is definitely the best Stranger Things book I’ve read so far. I love LOVE Robin and this book just made me love her so much more.I desperately need, no, DEMAND a sequel to this with Robin and Steve going to Europe together. They’ll get stuffed full of croissants; they will help each other flirt with girls in French; Steve will drag Robin to every high end beauty store so he can find the best hair products; and Robin will constantly correct Steve’s pronunciation. They’ll make so many memorie...

bought this when i was obsessed with robin. never again will i buy a tie-in book lmao

This was really well-written for an official fanfic-type book. First and foremost, I appreciate the fact that Capetta is a non-binary author and brings an authentic voice to Robin’s queer experience. As an asexual, I cheered for Robin’s confusion over the dating scene and her longing for an honest-to-God opposite-sex best friend. As a sheltered kid, I related a lot to Robin’s balancing game in her household: “Maybe this is the true curse of being smart… knowing all the ways your bravery might go...

3.5 - I absolutely loved Robin’s character when she was introduced in season 3 of Stranger Things. So I was excited when I learned that there was going to be a book all about her backstory. The book follows her in her sophomore year as she’s feeling out of place in her friend group, trying to figure out how to get out of Hawkins for the summer/for good, and as she realizes that she’s gay. It was fun to see this purely real world focused story happening during the same timeline as season 1. Seein...

Queer teens in the 80s!! Tell me you don't need it!

I really liked this book! I like how she changed at the end

This book was kind of messy tbh. I much prefer TV Robin to Book Robin. Robin in this was just irritating!! I appreciated the exploration of queer identity, but I feel like the rest of it was simultaneously too childish and too dramatic. 🤷🏻‍♀️

This was a really fun read! You get the back story of Robin from Stranger Things season 3, and she's the perfect jaded highschool character that you come to expect from stories that take place in the 1980s. Out of all the Stranger Things books so far, this one, and Runaway Max, are my favorites. All the books in this series serve as stand alone stories, with different main characters, so you can read (or not read) the books in any order you choose.Oh, and there are a lot of fun easter eggs inclu...

Robin was one of my favourite new characters from the third season of Stranger Things and when I found out about this backstory novel about her I needed to read it asap. This book mostly takes place around the same time season 1 of Stranger Things happens (and a little after) and I really enjoyed reading about the events of the season from the POV of someone who wasn't involved. (view spoiler)[Of course no one who wasn't directly involved knew what truly happened and Robin doesn't meet the ST ga...

This is a really nice book. I can forgive it being slightly melodramatic as Robin is fifteen for the majority of it. It's a pretty straightforward coming-of-age novel and the author managed to nail Robin's voice pretty well. She was very easy to warm to and feel empathy towards (and I agree with Steve, she can do a lot better than that irritating melt, Tammy Thompson, who lost me as soon as I realised that she sings out loud IN class and not just at like, recess or whatever) particularly since h...

Thanks Penguin Random House Audio for the review copy. With hardly a demogorgon in sight, this YA novel is actually an engaging and sensitive story about how Robin Buckley had a breakthrough (but still ended up at Scoops Ahoy).