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A review by gothichues
Leah On The Offbeat by Becky Albertalli
2.0
Leah is one of my favorite characters in Simon Vs. and I was so excited to read this. However, this book disappointed me.
What I liked:
I appreciated the diversity in this book especially because the main character is bisexual and it also has characters who are gay and are people of color. I also liked Abby Suso's character. I really liked her personality and she honestly deserved better.
What I disliked:
I didn't like Leah's personality in this book at all. She's so rude, she's self-centered and she's making everything about her. I just couldn't get past on how negative her character in almost everything. It saddens me because this is not the Leah that I liked in the first book. It seems like she's a completely different character. I also didn't like how she didn't apologize to Abby after she came out to her. Its just frustrating. The romance, at first, I thought it was very cute but now that I think of it, it felt very rushed for my taste and the timing was just off. And the ending? Psh. The way this story ended is pretty bad in my opinion because we didn't get to see how their friend group was affected after what happened. Except we're just told through an epilogue email which is very brief so we didn't get enough information. I also didn't care much about Simon and Bram which is surprising but I feel so bad for Nick and Garrett though.
What I liked:
I appreciated the diversity in this book especially because the main character is bisexual and it also has characters who are gay and are people of color. I also liked Abby Suso's character. I really liked her personality and she honestly deserved better.
What I disliked:
I didn't like Leah's personality in this book at all. She's so rude, she's self-centered and she's making everything about her. I just couldn't get past on how negative her character in almost everything. It saddens me because this is not the Leah that I liked in the first book. It seems like she's a completely different character. I also didn't like how she didn't apologize to Abby after she came out to her. Its just frustrating. The romance, at first, I thought it was very cute but now that I think of it, it felt very rushed for my taste and the timing was just off. And the ending? Psh. The way this story ended is pretty bad in my opinion because we didn't get to see how their friend group was affected after what happened. Except we're just told through an epilogue email which is very brief so we didn't get enough information. I also didn't care much about Simon and Bram which is surprising but I feel so bad for Nick and Garrett though.