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fankidrachel's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, and Grief
Moderate: Homophobia and Outing
Minor: Fatphobia
jessnreads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.25
Not entirely sure if this one was for me. I did really want to love it, but there were just too many things that irked me whilst reading it. I did find some moments to be gorgeous but it wasn't enough for me to love the book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Grief
azyef's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Outing
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, and Death of parent
Minor: Lesbophobia and Alcohol
emordnilap's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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? Yes
3.5
cute read
i liked it enough
had some weird things that happened that I felt like were badly done and executed
i liked it enough
had some weird things that happened that I felt like were badly done and executed
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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? Yes
4.5
Well this was adorable and emotional in probably the best ways possible. It felt very much like a teen novel, right down to the romance. There were some great discussions about queer identity, especially relating to bisexuality, and I am always here for that. Ollie and Will had great chemistry and even though their relationship wasn't always smooth sailing, it felt realistic for a relationship in high school.
The friends that Ollie meets when starting school in North Carolina are also well fleshed out, creating a fun little group where some of the relationships mirrored other ones. Ollie's relationship with Lara was probably the most interesting, especially since it seemed like they didn't hit it off at first. The evolution of their friendship was fantastic.
A lot of the emotional aspects come from Ollie's struggles with his aunt's cancer, and there are some really devastating scenes in here. They felt realistically portrayed, and I even felt myself tearing up at times listening to the audiobook.
The only thing I think I wish would have been done a bit better, and this could have been because I listened to it rather than read it, was clarity between the flashbacks and the current timeline. It always took me a minute when they were going back to the summer, which made things a little confusing.
All in all, if you're looking for something in the vein of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, this is definitely a book for you!
The friends that Ollie meets when starting school in North Carolina are also well fleshed out, creating a fun little group where some of the relationships mirrored other ones. Ollie's relationship with Lara was probably the most interesting, especially since it seemed like they didn't hit it off at first. The evolution of their friendship was fantastic.
A lot of the emotional aspects come from Ollie's struggles with his aunt's cancer, and there are some really devastating scenes in here. They felt realistically portrayed, and I even felt myself tearing up at times listening to the audiobook.
The only thing I think I wish would have been done a bit better, and this could have been because I listened to it rather than read it, was clarity between the flashbacks and the current timeline. It always took me a minute when they were going back to the summer, which made things a little confusing.
All in all, if you're looking for something in the vein of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, this is definitely a book for you!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Homophobia
Moderate: Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Grief
fireandstars's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Homophobia
Moderate: Biphobia and Fatphobia
fanboyriot's review against another edition
emotional
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
This is such a lovely read. I really enjoyed this book and all the characters it had to offer. The romance wasn’t overly angsty and the ending was super cute. It was a bit of a slow burn seeing only parts of there summer together mixed in with current day.
Not to say the character development wasn't strong for all the characters but it was especially strong for Will. Seeing him accept himself and not caring so much about what other’s want of him or what they expect of him—instead he took his own path.
There were still sad moments and a side character death that absolutely is devastating.
Lara is easily a favorite; naturally I hated her at first but she won me over. As long as you're on Lara's side you'll be fine. Out of all the friendships in this book Lara and Oliver are hands down my favorite. They had a bit of a rough start but when they teamed up they were basically unstoppable.
Hurt/Comfort
Happy Ending
Amazing Humor
Slow Burn (Kinda)
Great Friendships
Not to say the character development wasn't strong for all the characters but it was especially strong for Will. Seeing him accept himself and not caring so much about what other’s want of him or what they expect of him—instead he took his own path.
There were still sad moments and a side character death that absolutely is devastating.
Lara is easily a favorite; naturally I hated her at first but she won me over. As long as you're on Lara's side you'll be fine. Out of all the friendships in this book Lara and Oliver are hands down my favorite. They had a bit of a rough start but when they teamed up they were basically unstoppable.
Hurt/Comfort
Happy Ending
Amazing Humor
Slow Burn (Kinda)
Great Friendships
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Biphobia, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting
leaf_arrow's review against another edition
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
inkweed's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Death, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia
paperbrownies's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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? Yes
5.0
- lgbtqiap+, ya, contemporary, romance, boys in love (, pining, i love this book more than you know, sarcastic mc, bff i'd like to steal (definitely talking about lara here), favourite protagonist
- m|m
- gay mc, bi love interest, bi sc
this is my second sophie gonzales book and am happy to share that she does not disappoint
(๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ bc i enjoyed every moment i spent reading this book!!
ollie is such a fun protagonist, he is snarky, making the pun-fect jokes that made me cackle at the most inappropriate times. he easily became one of my favourite characters the moment we met!!!
what can i say, am a simple person who loves a 'self-deprecating' mc with 'deadpan humour' 😂 i love ollie, can you tell? also the asshole with a heart of gold? yep, she grew on me as well!! 😌
i thought the characters were enjoyable and am glad that sophie did not let that shy her away from calling them out on their biases, it's honestly amazing to see characters realise their mistakes and learn to do better; the author talked about many serious topics with much care and sensitivity without letting things get too heavy. all in all, i would 110% recommend this book!! (っ´ω`)ﾉ
omd was such a fun and might i add adorable book to read that definitely gets full points for making me go blurry eyed, am very sad now that it's over but please let this be my official plea to sophie to write a novella one day where future will and ollie get married!!! (ﾉT_T )ノ
cw: homophobia (called out), biphobia (called out), fatphobia (called out), family member with terminal illness, cancer, death of loved one, body shaming.
- m|m
- gay mc, bi love interest, bi sc
this is my second sophie gonzales book and am happy to share that she does not disappoint
(๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ bc i enjoyed every moment i spent reading this book!!
ollie is such a fun protagonist, he is snarky, making the pun-fect jokes that made me cackle at the most inappropriate times. he easily became one of my favourite characters the moment we met!!!
what can i say, am a simple person who loves a 'self-deprecating' mc with 'deadpan humour' 😂 i love ollie, can you tell? also the asshole with a heart of gold? yep, she grew on me as well!! 😌
i thought the characters were enjoyable and am glad that sophie did not let that shy her away from calling them out on their biases, it's honestly amazing to see characters realise their mistakes and learn to do better; the author talked about many serious topics with much care and sensitivity without letting things get too heavy. all in all, i would 110% recommend this book!! (っ´ω`)ﾉ
omd was such a fun and might i add adorable book to read that definitely gets full points for making me go blurry eyed, am very sad now that it's over but please let this be my official plea to sophie to write a novella one day where future will and ollie get married!!! (ﾉT_T )ノ
cw: homophobia (called out), biphobia (called out), fatphobia (called out), family member with terminal illness, cancer, death of loved one, body shaming.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Cancer, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Terminal illness