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asurasantosha's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This is such a cute and enjoyable story. It's not trying to be super complex and despite the enriching inclusion of some difficult themes (homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc) it has a pretty rose-y attitude. I recommend it if you're looking for so.ething meaningful but light-hearted and sweet.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Transphobia, Ableism, Child abuse, Body shaming, and Bullying
Minor: Sexual content
brimacca's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Hate crime, Misogyny, Mental illness, Ableism, Bullying, Homophobia, Xenophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Sexual harassment
kelliemw's review
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Like with the other stories in the “noahverse” a lot of character development happens off page. Things jump forward so quickly and that leaves much to be desired. The topics covered and the tropes used in the “noahverse” are all recycled quite a bit. The punk/rock friend who has a friend that hates that music. The nerdiness, especially marvel and Star Trek. The over use of the f slur both by bullies and the characters towards themselves.
Write what you know, but the repetitive nature of it is a bit much.
Write what you know, but the repetitive nature of it is a bit much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Hate crime, Bullying, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Ableism, and Sexism
avahernandez's review
challenging
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry
akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
A fun and lighthearted read. Don’t go into this expecting a masterpiece, it’s a really cute love story that I really enjoyed.
Makes me sad that I will never get something like this lmao
Makes me sad that I will never get something like this lmao
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Ableism, Hate crime, and Homophobia
Moderate: Cursing and Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual content and Death
nibs's review against another edition
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
It was decent in the beginning, but the inconsistent handling of Skylar's communication as a non-speaking character was frustrating.
In the first half of the book Skylar mainly uses text to speech, but in the second half he shifts to more lip reading with some signing. The lip reading overrepresents how much you can understand from lip reading, particularly in low lighting. The lack of specificity of sign language was also frustrating - ASL uses a different grammatical structure than english, yet the characters would mouth english words at the same time as signing, implying they are using english sentence structure. Based on the acknowledgements, the author is not non-speaking, so I'd say more detailed research was needed to more accurately represent communicating as a nonspeaking person.
Ultimately, it was a cute gay YA book but it felt unpolished and rushed at times. The great parts of the book were overshadowed by rushed portions (and the communication stuff mentioned earlier). I did appreciate the realism of conservative US in the 2020s.
In the first half of the book Skylar mainly uses text to speech, but in the second half he shifts to more lip reading with some signing. The lip reading overrepresents how much you can understand from lip reading, particularly in low lighting. The lack of specificity of sign language was also frustrating - ASL uses a different grammatical structure than english, yet the characters would mouth english words at the same time as signing, implying they are using english sentence structure. Based on the acknowledgements, the author is not non-speaking, so I'd say more detailed research was needed to more accurately represent communicating as a nonspeaking person.
Ultimately, it was a cute gay YA book but it felt unpolished and rushed at times. The great parts of the book were overshadowed by rushed portions (and the communication stuff mentioned earlier). I did appreciate the realism of conservative US in the 2020s.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Ableism
Moderate: Sexism and Bullying
cherryblossomreads's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Super sød og fin. Jeg er vild med, at Sky's nonverbalism ikke var omdrejningspunktet for historien, samt at det ikke var karakterernes seksualitet, der var omdrejningspunktet. Ingen "springen ud" eller sådan noget.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
shamelesslyash's review
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
The way this book is described you'd think it wouldn't be about a dress code, but it is. Sky is a boy who happens to like to wear dresses. Jacob's father is ultra-religious and on the school broad and decides that he wants to push through a dress code to ban boys from wearing skirts and dresses. BUT most of the story isn't about the dress code, it's about Sky and Jacob falling in love which is fine, but at the same time I was hoping for more of a fight.
The story is good, but the main issue that the story is trying to tell us from the summery is the B-plot of the whole story. There were many chapters (written as days) that would happen before there was a mention of the dress code issue. And while yes you can't write a WHOLE story about a dress code and how it's wrong to force people to wear clothes they don't want, it felt like the story was suppose to be about it because it's mentioned in the summary.
While this is a cute love story, and I loved the inclusion in it, I felt like the summary can be misleading.
The story is good, but the main issue that the story is trying to tell us from the summery is the B-plot of the whole story. There were many chapters (written as days) that would happen before there was a mention of the dress code issue. And while yes you can't write a WHOLE story about a dress code and how it's wrong to force people to wear clothes they don't want, it felt like the story was suppose to be about it because it's mentioned in the summary.
While this is a cute love story, and I loved the inclusion in it, I felt like the summary can be misleading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Homophobia
leilorenzo's review
challenging
informative
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This is the first book I read that has a nonverbal character, and it also multiple LGBT+ representation. I really wanted to love it, but it felt like it had SO many things covered that it quickly glossed over them all.
The story felt rushed, part of the characters' traits seemed to appear out of nowhere... It was a no for me, but I can see how it would be good to have this representation available for teenagers.
The story felt rushed, part of the characters' traits seemed to appear out of nowhere... It was a no for me, but I can see how it would be good to have this representation available for teenagers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry
bookwormvera's review
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
taking away half a star because of how annoyed I was at the third act conflict thing :/
other than that, I absolutely LOVED this book! A very cute achillean romance with a non-verbal MC that touches on some serious topics. It has an amazing found family trope and very short chapters, which makes it a quick read:) audiobook is nice too!
other than that, I absolutely LOVED this book! A very cute achillean romance with a non-verbal MC that touches on some serious topics. It has an amazing found family trope and very short chapters, which makes it a quick read:) audiobook is nice too!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Ableism
Moderate: Religious bigotry