Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by jokesten
We Are Totally Normal by Naomi Kanakia
1.0
Truly and honestly, I don’t even know if I’m going to rate this title because I don’t really know if I actually enjoyed any of it. (Except Henry. He was the light in the mess of a world that is Nandan’s brain - and I really don’t mean anything to do the range of the gay-not gay-gay experiences he has). Like this is at least a 2* and at most a 3*.
Like. OK. Teenagers are annoying but the degree to which they are in this book is off the charts. I can also completely believe that Nandan likes then doesn’t like then likes Dave, but I cannot be convinced that he loves him because they made out on their ‘last night together’ - that last chapter was so jarring to me. I kind of wish, even though I wanted nothing more than for the book to end, that that conclusion was more of a journey. Neither will I be convinced that Nandan is a great person who pretends he’s not the most annoying human being in a 100 mile radius 75% of the time. I liked him a few times, but I hated him more times than not.
I’m never reading this book again but I will maybe come back to give more coherent thoughts. Because like with Nandan, I liked some parts of it and I really appreciated this journey and how much of a doozy it was for him, even when he thought it wasn’t, but I also wanted to chuck it into the nearest lake.