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OMG!!! I just finished this and I am already wishing I could read it again for the first time. My full review will be up soonish.
So I had to pick it up again because I couldn't stop thinking about it and I couldn't concentrate on anything else so hopefully that will help me focus on my other book.
FULL REVIEW BELOW
I am going to try really hard to make this review more than just me saying I freaking loved this book. I did by the way, I absolutely loved it. I read it at the beginning of the month and 3 days after I finished it I read it again because I couldn't focus on anything else because I kept thinking about this book. I am also seriously considering listening to the audiobook of it now that I have subscribed to Scribd and it's available. If that doesn't tell you how much I loved it then I don't know what will.
When I first started reading Simon (that's what I am going to be calling this book from here on out because the title is way to long to type over and over again) I didn't understand what all the hype was about for this book. I mean it wasn't bad but I just wasn't getting it. At some point in the book, and I couldn't even begin to tell you what part, I totally understood why it was so hyped. I couldn't get enough of it and I didn't want to put it down.
I loved the formatting of Simon. It starts with the regular formatting of a book (prose) and then it switches into the email exchanges between Simon and Blue. It flowed so well between the two and that combined with the story and Albertalli's writing made for a quick read.
Simon is probably one of my all time favorite characters at this point. He had me smiling throughout the entire book with his quick wit. There were several other characters like Abby, Nick, and Leah who are Simons best friends as well as several other characters and while I didn't really have many issues with them I found myself not caring much about the side characters. Is that harsh? Yeah probably, but oh well I was living for Blue and Simon. The only real issue (well not issue more like annoyance) I had was that Leah was very annoying and whiny to me.
By the end of the book I was so giddy because I loved Simon and Blue so much and I just wanted more of them. I thought they were so cute and adorable. Ok I am going to shut up now.
I highly recommend this book to everyone. Its such a cute, fun, quick read and everyone should read it.
So I had to pick it up again because I couldn't stop thinking about it and I couldn't concentrate on anything else so hopefully that will help me focus on my other book.
FULL REVIEW BELOW
I am going to try really hard to make this review more than just me saying I freaking loved this book. I did by the way, I absolutely loved it. I read it at the beginning of the month and 3 days after I finished it I read it again because I couldn't focus on anything else because I kept thinking about this book. I am also seriously considering listening to the audiobook of it now that I have subscribed to Scribd and it's available. If that doesn't tell you how much I loved it then I don't know what will.
When I first started reading Simon (that's what I am going to be calling this book from here on out because the title is way to long to type over and over again) I didn't understand what all the hype was about for this book. I mean it wasn't bad but I just wasn't getting it. At some point in the book, and I couldn't even begin to tell you what part, I totally understood why it was so hyped. I couldn't get enough of it and I didn't want to put it down.
I loved the formatting of Simon. It starts with the regular formatting of a book (prose) and then it switches into the email exchanges between Simon and Blue. It flowed so well between the two and that combined with the story and Albertalli's writing made for a quick read.
Simon is probably one of my all time favorite characters at this point. He had me smiling throughout the entire book with his quick wit. There were several other characters like Abby, Nick, and Leah who are Simons best friends as well as several other characters and while I didn't really have many issues with them I found myself not caring much about the side characters. Is that harsh? Yeah probably, but oh well I was living for Blue and Simon. The only real issue (well not issue more like annoyance) I had was that Leah was very annoying and whiny to me.
By the end of the book I was so giddy because I loved Simon and Blue so much and I just wanted more of them. I thought they were so cute and adorable. Ok I am going to shut up now.
I highly recommend this book to everyone. Its such a cute, fun, quick read and everyone should read it.
This was cute and I’m glad I finally read it as I did really enjoy it, but I can’t say I get the insane levels of hype around this one.
I don't think I've finished a book in a night in so long. This is definitely one of my favorites.
Full review now available on 100% Rock Magazine!
Simon Vs is the book the blogosphere has been waiting for. It's funny, witty and the main character, Simon, is a refreshing mix of sarcastic, serious and incredibly, irrevocably in love. Simon Vs took the internet by storm last year when early copies were sent out to bloggers. Everyone I spoke to said two things:
Not only does Simon deal with the struggles of accepting who you are and coming out to your parents as a teenager, but it's also about what it's like to be a homosexual teenager in towns where it's not so easily accepted. How it can be incredibly hard to come out to those who are closer to you than coming out to those who don't know you so well. How, even when people take it in their stride, accepting it yourself is a struggle. Simon talks a lot about 'defaults' and how unfair it is that homosexuals should be the ones who come out, and how white and straight are defaults, and they shouldn't be.
I really loved this book and the characters and how Albertalli managed to bring Simon to life. He reminded me a lot of an old school friend of mine -- his mannerisms and personality, his boyish attitude and hidden insecurities. It felt like being sixteen again and in the awkward stage of life where one thinks: "Who am I?"
Simon is not only adorably obsessed with his secret pen-pal, but he also has a life outside of the pending romance: he has friends he engages with and a family who adore him, and we see plenty of both as the novel progresses, which is very unlike most Young Adult novels these days. Simon vs. isn't even about the romance itself, but about the internal struggles of a sixteen year old boy who is coming to terms with who he is, and how deals with the numerous situations (or obstacles) thrown his way.
I highly recommend this book if you're looking for something light, fluffy, and funny to read, and that delivers an incredibly important message: It's okay to be you.
Full review to come on 100% Rock!
After reading:
THIS WAS ADORABLE.
My cheeks hurt from grinning like an idiot and I had to keep biting my tongue so I wouldn't burst into fits of laughter at random times and scare my cat or my mum. Simon reminds me so much of a friend of mine from school and it felt like being sixteen and awkward again. I loved every single moment of it.
“White shouldn't be the default any more than straight should be the default. There shouldn't even be a default.”
Simon Vs is the book the blogosphere has been waiting for. It's funny, witty and the main character, Simon, is a refreshing mix of sarcastic, serious and incredibly, irrevocably in love. Simon Vs took the internet by storm last year when early copies were sent out to bloggers. Everyone I spoke to said two things:
•Prepare to laugh and
•Have a packet of Oreos close by.
Not only does Simon deal with the struggles of accepting who you are and coming out to your parents as a teenager, but it's also about what it's like to be a homosexual teenager in towns where it's not so easily accepted. How it can be incredibly hard to come out to those who are closer to you than coming out to those who don't know you so well. How, even when people take it in their stride, accepting it yourself is a struggle. Simon talks a lot about 'defaults' and how unfair it is that homosexuals should be the ones who come out, and how white and straight are defaults, and they shouldn't be.
“It is definitely annoying that straight (and white, for that matter) is the default, and that the only people who have to think about their identity are the ones who don't fit that mold. Straight people really should have to come out, and the more awkward it is, the better. Awkwardness should be a requirement.”
I really loved this book and the characters and how Albertalli managed to bring Simon to life. He reminded me a lot of an old school friend of mine -- his mannerisms and personality, his boyish attitude and hidden insecurities. It felt like being sixteen again and in the awkward stage of life where one thinks: "Who am I?"
Simon is not only adorably obsessed with his secret pen-pal, but he also has a life outside of the pending romance: he has friends he engages with and a family who adore him, and we see plenty of both as the novel progresses, which is very unlike most Young Adult novels these days. Simon vs. isn't even about the romance itself, but about the internal struggles of a sixteen year old boy who is coming to terms with who he is, and how deals with the numerous situations (or obstacles) thrown his way.
I highly recommend this book if you're looking for something light, fluffy, and funny to read, and that delivers an incredibly important message: It's okay to be you.
After reading:
THIS WAS ADORABLE.
My cheeks hurt from grinning like an idiot and I had to keep biting my tongue so I wouldn't burst into fits of laughter at random times and scare my cat or my mum. Simon reminds me so much of a friend of mine from school and it felt like being sixteen and awkward again. I loved every single moment of it.
I re-read this one in under two hours and it was perfect, perhaps even better on my re-read now that I knew who Blue was.
Okay wow. I loved this book. I literally squealed and couldn't handle myself when I got to cute parts. I just fell in love with Simon, his family, and his friends. Simon is the kind of guy I would be good friends with and end up having a crush on him before knowing he was gay (which I have done before), but I would still be good friends and be a lot like Abby when he came out and got a boyfriend.
I want this book to be my best friend
IT IS EVERYTHING GOOD IN THE WORLD
full gushing twirly giddy giffy review to come
Simon is seriously a triumph for gay YA. It was sweet and funny and oh so cute. I loved every second of it.
I read this book twice, back to back. The first time I read it in one practically sitting and I almost matched my time in the 2nd pass. It's childlike at times but so adorable and so sweet and genuine and just a really entertaining and heart-warming novel.