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Meet Cute Diary
by Emery Lee
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow, where to even start?? I loved this book; it was pure, wonderful, emotional and also necessary,and if you disagree you're simply... wrong😤 (respectfully)
Noah was witty, funny and real asf, I really enjoyed his narrative voice. The humour honestly felt like it was written FOR ME because it was exactly my kind of humour.
The book has multiple transgender characters, and it portrays their very different experiences. Trans people aren't a monolith, and it was great to see that reflected in Meet Cute Diary.
There is asexual representation!! It wasn't a big part of the story, but it WAS in there, and ajdjsndbsn I felt lovedðŸ¤
I loved the plot. The directions, twists and turns it takes felt so fresh and original, and the concept of the meet cute diary itself was lovely. We get to read the blog posts themselves, dms and comments, which was super cool.
There were a couple of elements at the start that had me thinking 'hold up🤨'. I can't tell you what they were because you will probably put 2 and 2 together and make spoilers, but I do want to tell you to just trust the process - it all comes right in the end.
There is also anxiety/panic disorder representation, which I can't speak on personally. What I can say is it doesn't get 'fixed' when the character finds love, which is certainly a step in the right direction!!
People have critiqued Noah for being selfish and unlikeable, but honestly I think he's just autistic?? I'm autistic and he seemed normal to me whilst I was reading, and now thinking back I would argue he definitely has the traits. For example: yes he thinks of himself sometimes, but it's made clear he doesn't realise what he's doing is going to hurt other people. The Diary could be seen as a hyper fixation, he freaks out over familiar things changing, etc. I'm not a doctor, and this isn't confirmed (to my knowledge) but just my two cents🙈.
This review has been very all over the place ugh I am sorryðŸ˜. But hey, sometimes the thoughts have just got to be thunk. Anyways, this was basically a perfect book to me, and you should read it!!
Noah was witty, funny and real asf, I really enjoyed his narrative voice. The humour honestly felt like it was written FOR ME because it was exactly my kind of humour.
The book has multiple transgender characters, and it portrays their very different experiences. Trans people aren't a monolith, and it was great to see that reflected in Meet Cute Diary.
There is asexual representation!! It wasn't a big part of the story, but it WAS in there, and ajdjsndbsn I felt lovedðŸ¤
I loved the plot. The directions, twists and turns it takes felt so fresh and original, and the concept of the meet cute diary itself was lovely. We get to read the blog posts themselves, dms and comments, which was super cool.
There were a couple of elements at the start that had me thinking 'hold up🤨'. I can't tell you what they were because you will probably put 2 and 2 together and make spoilers, but I do want to tell you to just trust the process - it all comes right in the end.
There is also anxiety/panic disorder representation, which I can't speak on personally. What I can say is it doesn't get 'fixed' when the character finds love, which is certainly a step in the right direction!!
People have critiqued Noah for being selfish and unlikeable, but honestly I think he's just autistic?? I'm autistic and he seemed normal to me whilst I was reading, and now thinking back I would argue he definitely has the traits. For example: yes he thinks of himself sometimes, but it's made clear he doesn't realise what he's doing is going to hurt other people. The Diary could be seen as a hyper fixation, he freaks out over familiar things changing, etc. I'm not a doctor, and this isn't confirmed (to my knowledge) but just my two cents🙈.
This review has been very all over the place ugh I am sorryðŸ˜. But hey, sometimes the thoughts have just got to be thunk. Anyways, this was basically a perfect book to me, and you should read it!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Transphobia
Moderate: Drug use