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E Se Fosse A Gente? by Adam Silvera, Becky Albertalli

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jstarshine16's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

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e_reader's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I'll be honest, I really wanted to love this book. I'd heard great things about it, and loved Adam Silvera's They Both Die At The End but What If It's Us really disappointed me. Given that I intended to read this book for a few years, I picked it as my summer reading book but I just found myself disliking the majority of the book. At least 70% of the book I had to force myself to get through and in general actively disliked it for the majority of the time. The beginning when they were first meeting was good, and I did enjoy the ending a lot.

I found the characters difficult to listen to. They are both terribly insecure (of course), and Ben spends the first third of the book constantly mentioning his ex boyfriend Hudson, who we are instructed to hate but actually becomes quite likeable. Arthur has more money than Ben, a juxtaposition constantly pointed out, but this results in Arthur saying a lot of insensitive things and then Ben forgiving him. For the first 2/3 of the book, I honestly wasn't sure why these two liked each other. It seems all of a sudden

(right around their first kiss)

they become compatible and get along very well. Others have mentioned this, but Arthur was so sensitive

, for example when he finds out Hudson and Ben have summer school together or that Jessie and Ethan are dating, all despite the fact that both groups tried to tell him multiple time beforehand,

that it gets difficult to read at times. Arthur doesn't let someone tell him something important, and then when he eventually finds out he gets upset and makes himself into the victim.

The writing also felt very simple, which some people might like, but I found it frustrating how much the authors didn't let the reader figure anything out for ourselves. Any metaphor was spelled out, any hint at some larger idea was immediately revealed.

Although most of the book was a bit of a toxic relationship example, they definitely had a lot of character growth and the ending portrayed what I felt like was a really healthy continuation of their story that made sense. Was going to do just 2 stars, but the ending bumped it up and extra .25 for me.

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samchase112's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I think I have officially become too old for young adult romance. The high school drama and teenage angst just does not interest me anymore, and I mainly find it highly annoying. The friendship drama on both Arthur and Ben's ends was just uninteresting and overly dramatic to me -- although Dylan is my favorite character, he's a legend. I appreciated how carefully and realistically the book tackled different issues like homophobia, self-doubt, jealousy, racial identity, class, and even adult relationships (although that one was quickly resolved). I've seen a lot of people complain about the ending, but I actually thought it fit the story and the message much better than a HEA would have, and for that I give it props. Teenage me probably would've been all over this book; and that's the problem. Overall this book was perfectly fine, but it just wasn't for me.

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steph1225's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

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levilore_'s review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing tense slow-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A really fun read! I really enjoyed the way the story was told and absolutely loved the characters. The beginning was pretty slow, which turned me off at first, but once the 2nd part started I was fully in love with story. I was really happy there was an epilogue and I actually didn't mind the open-ended ending.

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