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fanboyriot's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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
5.0
Read For:
Slow Burn
Happy Ending
Email Romance
Heart-Warming
Email Romance
Heart-Warming
Friends to Lovers
I don’t know how I loved the re-read of this even more but I did. The emails were iconic and all the little things they talked about being mentioned later on, like the oreos for example.
This was just such a cute and funny read that I didn’t even know how comforting it was to read until years later re-reading it. The characters were so detailed and loveable. Simon’s humor was everything.
(First Person POV)
Spice: 🌶 (lightly mentioned)
Rep: Gay MC, BIPOC LI/SCs, Jewish LI, Bisexual SCs
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, and Outing
Moderate: Hate crime, Body shaming, Biphobia, Homophobia, Ableism, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Fatphobia
cemeterygay's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This book is a saltine in book form.
It's mostly inoffensive but it is nothing special. It's the whitest most cis queer book I've read in a bit. It's meant to just be a queer romance palatable to a cishet audience and it succeeds. I'm not saying this book cannot be relatable to queer people, but it certainly does play into the idea of acceptance over queer liberation.
It creates the idea of a palatable white cis middle classed queer person as the image of one of the "good and normal" queer folk. If you're not all of these categories, it will probably not be a particularly interesting read. Despite what a lot of people say this book is nothing revolutionary.
The romance is pretty cute. Simon is your typical white man protagonist that is almost indistinguishable from most of his cishet counterparts and is not particularly interesting.
I liked Abby as a side character and I liked who Blue was revealed to be. I think the outing storyline was handled pretty okay except for Leah's reaction. Every other queer issue in this book is not handled well. Between blatant lesbophobia and the downplaying of homophobic jokes and microagressions, the book plays into the idea that the biggest issue queer people face is cishet people being mean and that there are no ramifications to these microaggressions.
This book might be your thing but is not the pinnacle of queer rep. Please diversify the queer rep you read, better and more diverse queer books exist than this.
It's a perfectly mediocre book.
It's mostly inoffensive but it is nothing special. It's the whitest most cis queer book I've read in a bit. It's meant to just be a queer romance palatable to a cishet audience and it succeeds. I'm not saying this book cannot be relatable to queer people, but it certainly does play into the idea of acceptance over queer liberation.
It creates the idea of a palatable white cis middle classed queer person as the image of one of the "good and normal" queer folk. If you're not all of these categories, it will probably not be a particularly interesting read. Despite what a lot of people say this book is nothing revolutionary.
The romance is pretty cute. Simon is your typical white man protagonist that is almost indistinguishable from most of his cishet counterparts and is not particularly interesting.
I liked Abby as a side character and I liked who Blue was revealed to be. I think the outing storyline was handled pretty okay except for Leah's reaction. Every other queer issue in this book is not handled well. Between blatant lesbophobia and the downplaying of homophobic jokes and microagressions, the book plays into the idea that the biggest issue queer people face is cishet people being mean and that there are no ramifications to these microaggressions.
This book might be your thing but is not the pinnacle of queer rep. Please diversify the queer rep you read, better and more diverse queer books exist than this.
It's a perfectly mediocre book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Misogyny
CW: Blackmail, Lesbophobialilacsophie's review against another edition
inspiring
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Bullying
Minor: Infidelity and Misogyny
Underage drinking, f slur mentions
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