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npak07's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Minor: Alcohol and Homophobia
elisweets's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
1) There seems to be a lot of brushing fetishizing of queer individuals under the rug. For instance Simon stating it’s easier for queer girls because guys find it hot. He just kind of moves on from that as if that makes it okay and is a good thing. Also his friend Leah just LOVING gay guys and yaoi. Maybe possibly could be skipped over, but there’s just so much wrong in the book.
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3) The just casual racist things were just weird. A lot of stereotyping. A lot of like forced wokeness. Idk that’s just what I got from it. There were moments where I was thinking in what world did a white women think it was okay to write that OR that it was needed in any way for the story. Like the fact that
3) It’s a gay story for straight people. Not a gay story for the gay community. It’s all nice and packaged as any other teen romance book but the main characters are boys, but it still follows all the same exact structures.
4) The transphobia kills me with this one. The fact that Simon says he used to love dressing more feminine and he would get so excited to do it, but he would never get close to cross dressing now because like it makes him sick and scares him how much he liked it. Sounds like Simon is having a gender crisis. But that’s all that’s ever said about it really and seemed (a) not needed in the story because liking to be in “girl” is not inherently a gay trait if you’re a guy and it’s not a story about transness or being non-binary so eh (b) just super weird (c) like a weird “I’m gay but not that type of gay” thing and it made me uncomfy. Also just a lot of man in a dress jokes because apparently that’s funny.
All in all, it seemed very forced. A narrative to pander to straight people to show what “coming out” and “struggling” with sexuality is like, but it misses all the basics and is very much not well re-searched. I was very disappointed and I will probably never watch that damn movie either.
Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Alcohol
julesadventurezone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, and Bullying
Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Racism, Fatphobia, Cursing, and Bullying
Minor: Infidelity
kaylee1957's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Outing and Bullying
Minor: Alcohol and Homophobia
heidekrauthonig's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Alcohol
19becky97's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, and Outing
christine_fravel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Outing, and Bullying
Moderate: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Sexual content
hellscape_princess's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, Homophobia, and Bullying
Moderate: Homophobia and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content
gabbygarcia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing
Minor: Vomit, Alcohol, and Cursing
its_van_vulpen's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Bullying, Homophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Cursing and Gaslighting
Minor: Alcohol