derri_blossom's review against another edition
1.0
Mamma mia che brutto. Un protagonista di 18 anni che sembra averne 13, così anonimo che per tutta la durata del libro non mi ricordavo neanche come si chiamasse. Discorsi esistenziali che sono una banalità dietro l'altra. Per me un libro totalmente inutile.
2maty2's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Bello bello. Nel senso è triste, mi ha ricordato per vibes "Aristotele e Dante scoprono i segreti dell'universo", un po' malinconico. Però mi sono ritrovata in molte frasi, anche se allo stesso tempo non sono messa così male e questo è rassicurante. Il sarcasmo che usa è quello che adoro, come Perché Jackson. Il libro è tutto sommato scorrevole e non pesante.
diadoodle's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death
daen88's review
3.0
“I knew she wanted to help me. I knew she was my mother and loved me and I didn’t want to be mean, or I didn’t think I wanted to be mean, but there was something else inside me, something hard and stubborn that was mean. It just bugged me that she thought if I was gay she could do something to help, like give me a Band-Aid or something. And besides, being gay is perfectly cool these days, so why should I need help? I knew I was gay, but I had never done anything gay and I didn’t know if I ever would. I couldn’t imagine it, I couldn’t imagine doing anything intimate and sexual with another person, I could barely talk to other people, so how was I supposed to have sex with them? So I was only theoretically, potentially homosexual”
ceciliaas's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
elylibri's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
frankipane's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
jennywithaz's review
5.0
Five stars for the superb quality of the writing in this book, which is dazzling in a way that I rarely encounter in YA novels. Confident, bitingly clever and heartbreakingly funny, the author gets James's voice exactly right -- a modern day Holden Caulfield whose story lingers with you after you've finished reading.