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deepower7's review against another edition
2.0
Okay, considering I'm a chronic overthinker, especially romantically, and that I really enjoyed Simon, I thought this would be a perfect fit. But it's plotless and it's charmless. Molly has no personality, Cassie is the worst, no one acts like a human, there's no chemistry with the love interest. Molly's sister gets a girlfriend and she acts like this is the worst thing to ever happen. And she's so uncomfortable all the time that it actually makes the reading experience unpleasant after a while. The overall message seems to be "find a boy who deigns to love you and it'll fix all your self esteem problems" and this is not a book for me.
enterprisingyoungman's review against another edition
3.0
While Becky made the effort to add a plethora of lgbt representation, by the end the plot had my rolling my eyes at the protagonist's insufferable lack of awareness.
This book really brought me back down to a high school mentality-- I genuinely forgot how difficult everything seemed to me back then.
This book really brought me back down to a high school mentality-- I genuinely forgot how difficult everything seemed to me back then.
sam_hartwig's review against another edition
3.0
Super cute! Although, it has dated because of the mention of Pinterest and Facebook being the main social media for teenagers. Clearly these days that's not what the cool kids are using
zaza_bdp's review against another edition
3.0
☆ 3.5/5 ☆
Ce nouveau roman young adult de Becky Albertalli est porté par la voix de Molly, une ado de 17 ans. Elle partage avec nous son quotidien, sa famille, sa relation mouvementée avec sa sœur jumelle, ses amitiés, mais aussi et surtout son grand questionnement autour de l'amour.
J'avais eu un tel coup de cœur pour le précédent roman de Becky Albertalli que j'étais vraiment impatiente d'en lire un autre et, du coup, mes attentes étaient peut-être trop élevées. Contrairement à Simon ..., je n'ai pas ressenti cette petite étincelle, cette vibration qui fait qu'un livre nous emballe pour de bon, qu'il sort clairement du lot.
Il s'agit certes d'une lecture agréable, portée par une plume fluide, se déroulant dans un univers plutôt atypique dans la mesure où Molly et sa fratrie ont deux mamans, mais au final on a là un roman assez classique sur l'adolescence. Cette période de la vie synonyme de doutes, de complexes, de premières fois, de moments parfois gênants, des petites mesquineries et embrouilles avec les copines ou la sœur.
Cependant, j'ai trouvé du charme à certains passages, notamment ceux tournant de Reid, espèce de anti-héros, le genre de garçon sur qui on ne miserait pas un kopeck au départ, mais qui dégage une espèce de charme pataud auquel je n'ai pas résisté.
Ce nouveau roman young adult de Becky Albertalli est porté par la voix de Molly, une ado de 17 ans. Elle partage avec nous son quotidien, sa famille, sa relation mouvementée avec sa sœur jumelle, ses amitiés, mais aussi et surtout son grand questionnement autour de l'amour.
J'avais eu un tel coup de cœur pour le précédent roman de Becky Albertalli que j'étais vraiment impatiente d'en lire un autre et, du coup, mes attentes étaient peut-être trop élevées. Contrairement à Simon ..., je n'ai pas ressenti cette petite étincelle, cette vibration qui fait qu'un livre nous emballe pour de bon, qu'il sort clairement du lot.
Il s'agit certes d'une lecture agréable, portée par une plume fluide, se déroulant dans un univers plutôt atypique dans la mesure où Molly et sa fratrie ont deux mamans, mais au final on a là un roman assez classique sur l'adolescence. Cette période de la vie synonyme de doutes, de complexes, de premières fois, de moments parfois gênants, des petites mesquineries et embrouilles avec les copines ou la sœur.
Cependant, j'ai trouvé du charme à certains passages, notamment ceux tournant de Reid, espèce de anti-héros, le genre de garçon sur qui on ne miserait pas un kopeck au départ, mais qui dégage une espèce de charme pataud auquel je n'ai pas résisté.
adelle_bookworm's review against another edition
3.0
Je to sladký. Kolikrát až příšerně sladký. Ale po celou dobu mi přišlo, že to všechno byly jen rozepsané scény, které autorka prostě utnula. Dialogy i určité situace se teprve rozjely, když hned skončily, a fakt mě štvalo, že se to nijak nerozvinulo. Plno věcí mi kvůli tomu přišlo děsně nereálných. Ale má to spoustu krásných myšlenek, hlavní pointa je skvělá a smála jsem se. Pořád to v sobě má tu pravou Albertalli.
jfemke's review against another edition
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
emmalemonnz's review against another edition
4.0
Great to have a girl character who is fat and not trying to lose weight!
Kind of predictable, but I enjoyed this book.
Kind of predictable, but I enjoyed this book.
nikrodee's review against another edition
3.0
I picked up this book for some light reading in between all of my post apocalyptic plague books I've been into recently, and it did not disappoint.
The Upside of Unrequited was a super sweet, real life book. When you're young, you want to be in love. Molly is no different than any other seventeen year old. She has a twin sister she tells everything to and a great network of friends and family standing behind her, but she wants the one thing she's missing; a boyfriend. I connected with Molly a lot more than I thought I would have. She's a big girl with some confidence issues. I cheered at the end of the book when she finally said she "felt beautiful" because she was a beautiful character throughout the entire story to me.
And come on, I mean who doesn't love a guy like Reid?! He's a super nerd who is completely comfortable with that and I am absolutely behind being yourself.
This book is a heartbreaking truth; girls struggling with boys, with not being an ideal body image, and growing up. If you're looking for something that isn't too heavy and want to feel the love I totally suggest picking up The Upside of Unrequited and falling into love with people who don't necessarily fit the social norm.
The Upside of Unrequited was a super sweet, real life book. When you're young, you want to be in love. Molly is no different than any other seventeen year old. She has a twin sister she tells everything to and a great network of friends and family standing behind her, but she wants the one thing she's missing; a boyfriend. I connected with Molly a lot more than I thought I would have. She's a big girl with some confidence issues. I cheered at the end of the book when she finally said she "felt beautiful" because she was a beautiful character throughout the entire story to me.
And come on, I mean who doesn't love a guy like Reid?! He's a super nerd who is completely comfortable with that and I am absolutely behind being yourself.
This book is a heartbreaking truth; girls struggling with boys, with not being an ideal body image, and growing up. If you're looking for something that isn't too heavy and want to feel the love I totally suggest picking up The Upside of Unrequited and falling into love with people who don't necessarily fit the social norm.
leafblade's review against another edition
5.0
Lo releí en un día te amo Becky no te calmes nunca
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I'm pan. I've never dated or kissed anyone. By that, I guess you can tell why I loved this book so much.
Honestly, this hasn't been a good year for me at all in the love-and-relationships department. A lot of things went terribly wrong. But I felt like this book got me, like it knew what I went through this year and it had the exact words to make me feel understood. It didn't make me feel better, it didn't say "okay to feel like you're worthy of love you have to do THIS". I felt like it was telling me "okay, I get you, life sucks, not dating sucks, not kissing people sucks, here, take a whole bucket of ice cream and a warm blanket". It was just what I needed.
In terms of the story, it was okay, I guess. I've always hated the fact that I'm not a twin, so it's always nice to read about them. A f/f couple had more on page time than the straight main couple. One of the girls was a pan girl that had never kissed someone before until she meets Molly's sister. I just. I can't get over the fact that there's a pan character. Wow. What. That could be me.
What I didn't like was that it was all resolved by making Molly "normal"??? Like, she got a boyfriend and got a little drunk and hung out with people and suddenly she was okay. Dude, give me a solution to this that isn't "if you want to do things, do them". That sounded so wrong I'm sorry english is my second language. I'll overthink this and eventually edit this review with better phrasing for that.
Anyway yes I loved it can becky adopt me already???
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I'm pan. I've never dated or kissed anyone. By that, I guess you can tell why I loved this book so much.
Honestly, this hasn't been a good year for me at all in the love-and-relationships department. A lot of things went terribly wrong. But I felt like this book got me, like it knew what I went through this year and it had the exact words to make me feel understood. It didn't make me feel better, it didn't say "okay to feel like you're worthy of love you have to do THIS". I felt like it was telling me "okay, I get you, life sucks, not dating sucks, not kissing people sucks, here, take a whole bucket of ice cream and a warm blanket". It was just what I needed.
In terms of the story, it was okay, I guess. I've always hated the fact that I'm not a twin, so it's always nice to read about them. A f/f couple had more on page time than the straight main couple. One of the girls was a pan girl that had never kissed someone before until she meets Molly's sister. I just. I can't get over the fact that there's a pan character. Wow. What. That could be me.
What I didn't like was that it was all resolved by making Molly "normal"??? Like, she got a boyfriend and got a little drunk and hung out with people and suddenly she was okay. Dude, give me a solution to this that isn't "if you want to do things, do them". That sounded so wrong I'm sorry english is my second language. I'll overthink this and eventually edit this review with better phrasing for that.
Anyway yes I loved it can becky adopt me already???
tishywishy's review against another edition
3.0
Cute but the story was slow to get off the ground + it took some patience to listen to Molly talk about crushes for what seemed like half the story.