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wingedcreature 's review for:
The Upside of Unrequited
by Becky Albertalli
I really liked The Upside Of Unrequited! It's a really cute romance, and I really liked Molly. I wasn't the biggest fan of her sister, Cassie, who I thought was rude and irritating and she totally treated Molly like dirt. And Molly let her. But Molly was really cool otherwise, and so I'm glad the book was narrated by her. Better her than Cassie, because I don't think I could take it if the book were about Cassie instead.
Molly was really easy to relate to, and she was so easy to relate to. I can't relate to how many crushes she's had, and while I will fangirl over certain pairings in the books I read, I'm not the hopeless romantic she is. But the fact that she felt like everyone around her was growing up and that she wasn't? That was very easy to relate to. She's just at a different point in her life, and she's not less of a person just because she wasn't experiencing things at the same time that her sister and her friends were experiencing them.
Molly did seem shy and anxious but it wasn't seen as a bad thing. And while her sister seemed to believe that Molly needed to put herself out there, her shyness never seemed to be shamed. Putting yourself out there can be hard, especially if your shy and anxious, but again, everyone does that at different points in their life. Just because Cassie does it, doesn't mean Molly has to do it at the exact same time.
Still, she seemed really uncomfortable with the idea of kissing or actually talking a guy or basically anything relating to relationships. And yet, there seems to be this determination for her to be kissed and to have a boyfriend. If that's what she wants, that's totally cool, but she just seemed really uncomfortable with it all. I kind of got the sense that it was to say she had done it, and so that she felt like she was experiencing what everyone else was.
It wasn't quite as funny or nerdy as Simon, of course, and I didn't like it quite as much, though I still liked it. Apparently not as much as other people seemed to like The Upside Of Unrequited.
I did like it as an audio book, and Arielle DeLisle was a good choice as narrator. I could definitely picture Molly sounding like her.
My Rating: 3 stars. I liked it, but not a lot.
Molly was really easy to relate to, and she was so easy to relate to. I can't relate to how many crushes she's had, and while I will fangirl over certain pairings in the books I read, I'm not the hopeless romantic she is. But the fact that she felt like everyone around her was growing up and that she wasn't? That was very easy to relate to. She's just at a different point in her life, and she's not less of a person just because she wasn't experiencing things at the same time that her sister and her friends were experiencing them.
Molly did seem shy and anxious but it wasn't seen as a bad thing. And while her sister seemed to believe that Molly needed to put herself out there, her shyness never seemed to be shamed. Putting yourself out there can be hard, especially if your shy and anxious, but again, everyone does that at different points in their life. Just because Cassie does it, doesn't mean Molly has to do it at the exact same time.
Still, she seemed really uncomfortable with the idea of kissing or actually talking a guy or basically anything relating to relationships. And yet, there seems to be this determination for her to be kissed and to have a boyfriend. If that's what she wants, that's totally cool, but she just seemed really uncomfortable with it all. I kind of got the sense that it was to say she had done it, and so that she felt like she was experiencing what everyone else was.
It wasn't quite as funny or nerdy as Simon, of course, and I didn't like it quite as much, though I still liked it. Apparently not as much as other people seemed to like The Upside Of Unrequited.
I did like it as an audio book, and Arielle DeLisle was a good choice as narrator. I could definitely picture Molly sounding like her.
My Rating: 3 stars. I liked it, but not a lot.