A review by papertraildiary
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

3.0

This one hurts. It huuuuurts. I am a huge Becky fan, I adore Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and The Upside of Unrequited, and I was beyond excited to get another Becky book. Yes, I ran to get it the day it came out and then read it in two days. Yes, I still looove Becky’s writing. But most of this book felt forced and read like fan fiction, and honestly I would have preferred the MC of the book to be someone else, even though I was happy there was more queer plus size representation. I can’t say much about this book or about my problems with it without spoiling anything, so you’re free to message me privately if you are interested :p Just know I was disappointed, but it doesn’t affect my love for Becky one bit.