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green_amaryllis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical content, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
There are a large number of Harry Potter references all throughout the book.jessicohen15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Alcohol
irisvdn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I liked Arthur more than Ben though, Ben was a little superficious about Arthurs appearance (height) for example.
I don't know what to think of the ending
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Toxic relationship and Alcohol
reader_in_the_meadow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
It talks about topics like relationship, friendships and the obstacles these oftentimes face.
The book consists of 37 chapters, an epilogue, acknowledgements and information about the authors.
The plot of this novel revolves around Arthur, a teenager from Georgia who lives in New York City over the summer and Ben, a teenager who is a New York City resident. Both of them are gay and once they meet they're story begins.
This story has so much in it and I loved it so much. I am a total sucker for romances,especially when they are MLM, which made this perfect for me. The way tbis story had its ups and downs and how the consintency made it easy to follow was so good. Furthermore this has been an absolute catcher for my attention. I could ,so often, not stop readingthis and it was hard to put this down.
The characters are just awesome! Every single character had it's own personality, even if they appeared only for a short time. But I did not expect any different from two of my favorite authors. Moreover, this book has a realy diverse cast of characters with multiple LGBTQ+, jewish and latinx characters.
Thw writing was easy to get into and not at all complicated which makes it easy to read this, even for non-native speakers. Fun fact, this was the first English novel I've ever read, so it can also be a great start to get into English novels and books.
The simplicity of the wtiting made it also to focus completely on the story while reading by not having to struggle with difficult words or grammar.
Things I especially liked were the pop-cultural references in the story because I am a huge fan of modern poo-culture. Especially the Broadway and musical references were pure gold, in my opinion. However, there are some references that are by now far out-dated and should no longer be used. I'm looking at you JKR and HP references.
To sum up, this book was an absolute delight to read. Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera are two of my favorite authors and their stories always make me very emotional. I sometimes even shed a tear.
I can only recommend this, but please take note of the content warnings, as usual.
Graphic: Homophobia and Alcohol
matheo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical content, and Alcohol
jstarshine16's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Transphobia, Medical content, Grief, and Stalking
risemini's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
-talks about how being a white passing poc feels
dislikes: -dylan was annoying lmao sorry everyone likes him except me
-i feel like arthur and ben talk the exact same way
-felt like reading a wattpad fanfic
-arthur was a stalker
-ben we get it you broke up with hudson
Graphic: Homophobia and Alcohol
e_reader's review against another edition
- 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 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
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.
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Racism, Medical content, and Alcohol