Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

8 reviews

ophycore's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Cursing, Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing

Moderate: Alcohol, Ableism, Homophobia, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity and Fatphobia

robin1010's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

rtc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship

nindie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

literally my favourite book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

gabriel_dingle's review against another edition

funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Homophobia, and Cursing

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Alcohol

allweseeorseem's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Excrement, Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

mbarclay2013's review against another edition

funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

After watching (and falling in love with) the film two years ago I was desperate to read the book that had inspired it. It was so worth the wait! Simon vs. the Homo-Sapien Agenda is a funny and heartwarming coming of age story as Simon comes to terms with his sexuality, confiding in a complete stranger.

Simon was just hilarious with his intense love of Oreos (which I absolutely relate to), theatre kid ways and classic one-lines. A last minute entry of “so at least one of my sisters are getting murdered” stole my heart, with a special shout out to ‘Monkey’s Asshole. Also, I just really really really love Blue.

I also cannot avoid mentioning Michael Crouch’s narration for the audiobook. The range!!! Becky Albertalli excels in sharing the story of a debatably cynical, awkward and hilarious character as him and his friends go through the many common and valid struggles of teenage life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Homophobia

Minor: Vomit

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

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

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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

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Homophobia, and Toxic friendship

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