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A review by darryn_gray
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I remember when people started calling Love, Simon and the book connected to it as something written for straight people and I never understood that. As a baby gay when I saw Love, Simon at the time with my then partner, I was instantly obsessed. It was the first time I saw gay teens being focused on, and the book just opened up this whole new world of the fact that gay people can be the lead in books. To this day, it is still one of my comfort books and movies, I always recommend it to people as a good book to start when it comes to reading queer books.
And I remember this crap getting so bad that Becky was forced to come out- while I appreciate wanting to read books that come from actual queer people about queer identities, I always found it sort of ironic how much Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda was about "why is straight the default?", one of the best damn scenes in the whole movie is everyone coming out to their parents as straight just to show how dumb it is.
And yet people took that, heard that Becky was married to a man, had kids, and just assumed she was straight.
And this book perfectly captualizes the pure stupidity of it. There are multiple points of what it means to still be part of the lgbt community even when not being- or not knowing- you're queer, about how even if you didn't realize you were at the end of the day you were the entire time.
I might not have always known that I was trans, but I was always trans. Its not something that just appeared one day. And I love seeing Becky take that rage and write a book about it, to hopefully make people realize how crazy it was. And I hope to see her write more WLW books, they always are some of my favorites of hers.
And I remember this crap getting so bad that Becky was forced to come out- while I appreciate wanting to read books that come from actual queer people about queer identities, I always found it sort of ironic how much Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda was about "why is straight the default?", one of the best damn scenes in the whole movie is everyone coming out to their parents as straight just to show how dumb it is.
And yet people took that, heard that Becky was married to a man, had kids, and just assumed she was straight.
And this book perfectly captualizes the pure stupidity of it. There are multiple points of what it means to still be part of the lgbt community even when not being- or not knowing- you're queer, about how even if you didn't realize you were at the end of the day you were the entire time.
I might not have always known that I was trans, but I was always trans. Its not something that just appeared one day. And I love seeing Becky take that rage and write a book about it, to hopefully make people realize how crazy it was. And I hope to see her write more WLW books, they always are some of my favorites of hers.