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What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera

23 reviews

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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lchambers394's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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

3.0

This is a solid, wholesome, easy to read romcom. Arthur and Ben are both extremely likeable, relatable and realistic, and it’s easy to believe that they are two teenagers falling in love. They are slightly messy but both have good hearts and you are drawn into rooting for them. The side characters are equally well-written and adorable, and the dynamics with their friends and parents are endearing highlights. At times the writing felt like it was trying a bit too hard to sound like teenagers, and I wasn’t convinced by how content Arthur and Ben were with the ending (it very much felt like just an invitation for a sequel!). I don’t think the book was anything extraordinary or groundbreaking but I don’t think it intended to be. It was cute and I enjoyed it enough to pick up the sequel! And as a musical fan, I loved the musical references!

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anton13's review against another edition

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funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

I absolutely loved it!!!!
Knowing myself I assumed I’d take like a whole week to finish it but… PLOT TWIST!! It took me around 5 hours spread over 3 days. It had me hooked from the first sentence to every last word. I can’t wait to read the second one! It made me feel sooo much and I’m so glad I read it. The characters are all 10/10 and made me literally laugh out loud. My family probably where so confused lol. They legit had to take the book away from me to be able to talk to me. I was too invested in the story to socialize lmao.

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kaitlinlovesbooks's review

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.5

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jessicohen15's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

Loved the storyline and enjoyed the epilogue more than expected. Quick, light-hearted fun read in between other genres.

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mirithyl's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

I love popculture references, but in this book they are so numerous that it's annoying. It looks like the authors took inspiration from teen dramas from the zeros. It contains quit a bit of cliches. That didn't stop me from empathizing with the story and its characters. Though it might be a while before I read another book written by at least one of these authors.

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stardustandrockets's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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? Yes

4.0

I originally rated this book a 5, but upon rereading I'm knocking it down for all the HP references. It was a good portion of the book and it made me uncomfy after all the shit JKR has done in recent years.

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matheo's review against another edition

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emotional funny

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

3.5

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jstarshine16's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

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e_reader's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

2.25

I'll be honest, I really wanted to love this book. I'd heard great things about it, and loved Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End but What If It's Us really disappointed me. Given that I intended to read this book for a few years, I picked it as my summer reading book but I just found myself disliking the majority of the book. At least 70% of the book I had to force myself to get through and in general actively disliked it for the majority of the time. The beginning when they were first meeting was good, and I did enjoy the ending a lot.

I found the characters difficult to listen to. They are both terribly insecure (of course), and Ben spends the first third of the book constantly mentioning his ex boyfriend Hudson, who we are instructed to hate but actually becomes quite likeable. Arthur has more money than Ben, a juxtaposition constantly pointed out, but this results in Arthur saying a lot of insensitive things and then Ben forgiving him. For the first 2/3 of the book, I honestly wasn't sure why these two liked each other. It seems all of a sudden

(right around their first kiss)

they become compatible and get along very well. Others have mentioned this, but Arthur was so sensitive

, for example when he finds out Hudson and Ben have summer school together or that Jessie and Ethan are dating, all despite the fact that both groups tried to tell him multiple time beforehand,

that it gets difficult to read at times. Arthur doesn't let someone tell him something important, and then when he eventually finds out he gets upset and makes himself into the victim.

The writing also felt very simple, which some people might like, but I found it frustrating how much the authors didn't let the reader figure anything out for ourselves. Any metaphor was spelled out, any hint at some larger idea was immediately revealed.

Although most of the book was a bit of a toxic relationship example, they definitely had a lot of character growth and the ending portrayed what I felt like was a really healthy continuation of their story that made sense. Was going to do just 2 stars, but the ending bumped it up and extra .25 for me.

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