Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

32 reviews

_mara_becca_'s review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Bullying, and Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime and Alcohol

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

shector1's review

lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

chase_mcl's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book but it felt like it was written in 2015 which it was and you can tell, see thats the issue whit pop culture heavy books is alot of them feel old very quickly. Aside from that it was a cute cozy read and my favorite parts were the emails and the scene

where Simons comes out to Abby

it felt very genuine. I personally could've done without the typical teen boy boner talk but it didnt ruin the book as a whole. Push throught the dirst half because the second is way better when simon finally comes into his own. Definitely worth reading and then watching the movie lots of diffrences but also lots of similarities love both and what they have done for the LGBTQ2S+ community.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: 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

bobisthecoolest's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This was fun. I read in a day and it did make me not want to put the book down.  I think I would have liked this better at 13, but I still like it now. I don’t really have strong opinions so this is kind of a boring review, sorry :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Outing, Bullying, Homophobia, and Alcohol

phantastic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Outing

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing

laurataylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, and Outing

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

davidup_15's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

One of the most beautiful, empathetic views of what it's like to be a teenage gay boy I have read - the characters are so vivid I want to be friends with all of them, and so relatable it can hurt sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol