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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
Would rate a 3.5. The story was good and there were tons of representation of LGBTQIA+ peeps and people of colour. As well as some mental health rep. But it felt like the plot really lacked anything substantial and was just hinging on this weird love triangle that didn't make sense.
Spoiler
If I knew that Abby was Abby Susso, as in THE Abby Susso from Simon Vs the Homosapien's Agenda. I would have paid her more attention.
This was so cute and I can definitely relate, even as an adult.
I received an ARC of this book from Epic Reads, so huge shout out to them! Thanks SO Much!
Slightly spoilery review, not really, but if you're really sensitive...
Honestly, everything about this book was incredibly real and inspiring. Molly's feelings about herself and how she is with others is very relate-able and accurate for where she is in life. These things that Molly goes through are some other the things everyone feels and realizes and it was amazing to watch Molly bloom.
Molly's love story was cute and I was rooting for them from the very beginning and never got annoyed by the slight love triangle deal.
I appreciated that the love story didn't take over the whole book. This book is mostly about Molly's relationship with her sister and how all relationships changed and morph in general, for better or for worse.
I'm really happy to have read this book and I'm so glad that Becky Albertalli has once again left me giddy and full of rainbows.
Slightly spoilery review, not really, but if you're really sensitive...
Honestly, everything about this book was incredibly real and inspiring. Molly's feelings about herself and how she is with others is very relate-able and accurate for where she is in life. These things that Molly goes through are some other the things everyone feels and realizes and it was amazing to watch Molly bloom.
Molly's love story was cute and I was rooting for them from the very beginning and never got annoyed by the slight love triangle deal.
I appreciated that the love story didn't take over the whole book. This book is mostly about Molly's relationship with her sister and how all relationships changed and morph in general, for better or for worse.
I'm really happy to have read this book and I'm so glad that Becky Albertalli has once again left me giddy and full of rainbows.
I Looooveeeeee this book!!
this book is sooo freaking adorable!!!
this book is sooo freaking adorable!!!
there is honestly not one thing in this book I would change. You get so attached to Molly and just want what’s best for her, you feel all her emotions and it is truly just an amazing book. I finished it pretty much in one sitting (other than snack and tiktok breaks)
I loved the plot and the diversity! The story was really good. I wasn't a big fan of the characters sadly, but I cared enough about the plot to make it through the book.
Molly has had 26 crushes but never had a boyfriend or even a first kiss. She feels alone but also knows she needs to protect herself. But at least she's always had her twin sister! When her sister Cassie finds love, things between to change between them and Molly learns more about what it means to be in love and what it means to be a good sister and friend.
I adore Becky Albertalli sooooo much, but this book kind of missed for me. I enjoyed it but honestly, it felt pretty forgettable. It's not a book I'll be raving about or thinking of past finishing this review.
I did feel some connection to a Molly as she dealt with her insecurities and talked about what it's like to be a fat girl. But other parts of her personality really annoyed me. I also wasn't a fan of her sister or any of the love interests.
I'm still glad I read it and I think it's a fine filler book, but nothing extraordinary for me.
I adore Becky Albertalli sooooo much, but this book kind of missed for me. I enjoyed it but honestly, it felt pretty forgettable. It's not a book I'll be raving about or thinking of past finishing this review.
I did feel some connection to a Molly as she dealt with her insecurities and talked about what it's like to be a fat girl. But other parts of her personality really annoyed me. I also wasn't a fan of her sister or any of the love interests.
I'm still glad I read it and I think it's a fine filler book, but nothing extraordinary for me.
A cute, but very juvenile, story that tries to compensate by burying the B-plots in more adult themes.
Today's protagonist is Molly Peskin-Suso: a cute, awkward, overweight, anxious, 1000% terrified virgin YA trope-fest. She meets a cool boy. She meets a dorky boy. Don't die of anticipation over which she'll end up with.
The Upside of Unrequited is a perfectly fine book. It would be better if it embraced what it is: for 12 year-olds. Instead, Albertalli drowns her subplots in spicy bits, like a cook trying to save a bland dish that's due on the dinner table in 10 minutes. She made a loving, compassionate, and wonderful examination of alternative lifestyles in Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. (And it made a great movie adaptation!) But where Simon held difference and acceptance at it's heart, this book falls far short. Molly's family is everything: she has two moms, of different races, is a sperm donor baby, has a hot sister who is also a lesbian, has a baby brother from the same sperm donor dad but the racially opposite mom, a well-meaning but casually racist grandmother, everyone curses, AND the boy she likes is into Lord of the Rings. OH MY. Is is all just too much! How is a girl to cope? [We really need a sarcasm font.]
In light of all these interesting things, Molly appears even more boring than she already is. (She really doesn't need the help.) And that would be fine. She's dull but likable, as is Reid, the boy she falls for. Let them be dull but likable together! Their story reads fine, even sweet, and is perfect for tween girls. But no. This plain cake is heaped with mismatched, overpowering frosting in a desperate attempt to age it up. Some people like plain cake! But this story doesn't trust those people enough, or know where to find them. Instead, it serves a dish I once saw a woman actually make on The Worst Cooks in America: every kind of soup in the cabinet, regardless of flavor, boiled together in a pot.
Today's protagonist is Molly Peskin-Suso: a cute, awkward, overweight, anxious, 1000% terrified virgin YA trope-fest. She meets a cool boy. She meets a dorky boy. Don't die of anticipation over which she'll end up with.
The Upside of Unrequited is a perfectly fine book. It would be better if it embraced what it is: for 12 year-olds. Instead, Albertalli drowns her subplots in spicy bits, like a cook trying to save a bland dish that's due on the dinner table in 10 minutes. She made a loving, compassionate, and wonderful examination of alternative lifestyles in Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. (And it made a great movie adaptation!) But where Simon held difference and acceptance at it's heart, this book falls far short. Molly's family is everything: she has two moms, of different races, is a sperm donor baby, has a hot sister who is also a lesbian, has a baby brother from the same sperm donor dad but the racially opposite mom, a well-meaning but casually racist grandmother, everyone curses, AND the boy she likes is into Lord of the Rings. OH MY. Is is all just too much! How is a girl to cope? [We really need a sarcasm font.]
In light of all these interesting things, Molly appears even more boring than she already is. (She really doesn't need the help.) And that would be fine. She's dull but likable, as is Reid, the boy she falls for. Let them be dull but likable together! Their story reads fine, even sweet, and is perfect for tween girls. But no. This plain cake is heaped with mismatched, overpowering frosting in a desperate attempt to age it up. Some people like plain cake! But this story doesn't trust those people enough, or know where to find them. Instead, it serves a dish I once saw a woman actually make on The Worst Cooks in America: every kind of soup in the cabinet, regardless of flavor, boiled together in a pot.
