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mousmoulo's review
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.75
vetty might be the most relatable character in a y/a novel ever, i love her so much. her friendship with pez was everything. march was a sweetheart and i loved everything about her.
i loved how the book wasn't heavy on the romance despite the main character's conflict being her sexuality. i also appreciated how many other issues were tackled (addiction, loss, friendship, growing up), i think the author did a great job approaching and addressing all of them. especiallypez's porn addiction was handled pretty well, in my opinion.
the writing was definitely the weakest point of the book (especially some punctuation choices were... yeah) and i'm never forgiving the font names, but generally it was very enjoyable and i'm glad i picked it up despite dnf-ing it so many years ago!
i loved how the book wasn't heavy on the romance despite the main character's conflict being her sexuality. i also appreciated how many other issues were tackled (addiction, loss, friendship, growing up), i think the author did a great job approaching and addressing all of them. especially
the writing was definitely the weakest point of the book (especially some punctuation choices were... yeah) and i'm never forgiving the font names, but generally it was very enjoyable and i'm glad i picked it up despite dnf-ing it so many years ago!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Car accident
Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Outing
rebelbooks101's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
slow-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
All the Invisible Things follows a girl named Vetty who is moving back to her hometown which she hasn’t been to since her mom passed away. She hasn’t seen her old best friend Pez since she moved away. Now the two of them reunite in the summer but Vetty can’t help jungle her feelings for his friend Rob, and his Girlfriend March.
This book was such an important book for me. It addressed so many topics in such a good way such as grief, figuring out your sexuality, mental health, and a porn addiction. It’s such a great coming of age story and was all done very well. I really appreciate how this book talks about topics no one else does. There were some subjects in here (the porn addiction for example) which I have never seen in any type of media anywhere, whether that’s books or TV, I’ve never seen it. It was so wonderful to see some of those subjects be explored and discussed. They were written so well.
I really connected with Pez’s story arc. I thought it was so well written and his story was told so well. All of his thoughts and feelings were so real. I really enjoyed reading about him.
Now if you’re going into this looking for a sweet romance, this is not that. There is more of a focus between the friendship that Pez and Vetty have which is honestly the best part of the book. I loved how they cared for one another and were there for each other in a totally platonic way. I really enjoyed the strong supportive relationship they had with one another. This book didn’t need a romance to be great.
Sometimes this book was a bit too sexual for my liking. There was no sex scenes but the characters talk quite extensively in a lot of detail about sex and masturbation. I’d more recommend this book to the older teen audience but just be aware of that going in.
What really lacked for me was my overall enjoyment of this book. I didn’t find myself really enjoying what I was reading even though I liked the topics it discussed. Once I hit the halfway point I flew through the rest of the story.
I also found some scenes didn’t make a lot of sense. The whole first scene when Pez and Vetty reunited was a lot of confusion and not realistic. I feel like when they first saw each other would be “hey! It’s been so long! What are you doing back here?” Which was not the right away response. I get that it’s a book and not everything needs to be realistic but when the book takes place in modern day and is about teenagers, I feel it should be more realistic.
Overall, I cannot stress how important this book is even if I didn’t enjoy it that much. I feel like this book does such a good job at talking about things no one talks about which is why it’s so important for people to read this book.
This book was such an important book for me. It addressed so many topics in such a good way such as grief, figuring out your sexuality, mental health, and a porn addiction. It’s such a great coming of age story and was all done very well. I really appreciate how this book talks about topics no one else does. There were some subjects in here (the porn addiction for example) which I have never seen in any type of media anywhere, whether that’s books or TV, I’ve never seen it. It was so wonderful to see some of those subjects be explored and discussed. They were written so well.
I really connected with Pez’s story arc. I thought it was so well written and his story was told so well. All of his thoughts and feelings were so real. I really enjoyed reading about him.
Now if you’re going into this looking for a sweet romance, this is not that. There is more of a focus between the friendship that Pez and Vetty have which is honestly the best part of the book. I loved how they cared for one another and were there for each other in a totally platonic way. I really enjoyed the strong supportive relationship they had with one another. This book didn’t need a romance to be great.
Sometimes this book was a bit too sexual for my liking. There was no sex scenes but the characters talk quite extensively in a lot of detail about sex and masturbation. I’d more recommend this book to the older teen audience but just be aware of that going in.
What really lacked for me was my overall enjoyment of this book. I didn’t find myself really enjoying what I was reading even though I liked the topics it discussed. Once I hit the halfway point I flew through the rest of the story.
I also found some scenes didn’t make a lot of sense. The whole first scene when Pez and Vetty reunited was a lot of confusion and not realistic. I feel like when they first saw each other would be “hey! It’s been so long! What are you doing back here?” Which was not the right away response. I get that it’s a book and not everything needs to be realistic but when the book takes place in modern day and is about teenagers, I feel it should be more realistic.
Overall, I cannot stress how important this book is even if I didn’t enjoy it that much. I feel like this book does such a good job at talking about things no one talks about which is why it’s so important for people to read this book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction
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