selectedrebels's review against another edition
3.0
I recently listened to this audiobook and I loved to be back in the simonverse! I didn’t like this book as much as Love, Simon but I still enjoyed it. It was a cute, fluffy story about Leah (one of Simon’s friends). She’s bisexual, but none of her friends know. Also the end of school is near and soon everyone will go off to college, so that brings a lot of tension and emotion.
If you liked Love, Simon, I’d recommend reading this one because it brings you back in that world again!
If you liked Love, Simon, I’d recommend reading this one because it brings you back in that world again!
emma3257's review against another edition
2.0
*2.75 STARS*
Synopsis;
The sequel to 'Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda', follows Leah, Simon's best friend. We see Leah navigate her way through her senior year of high school, and all the struggles (and love?) along the way. But her biggest struggle of all? Trying to figure out how to come out to her friends as bisexual.
My Opinion;
This was a giant waste of time. I should have listened to all the reviews that told me not to read it. But of course, I didn't. This just really didn't have a point. It added nothing to the already established story. Honestly, it was boring.
My biggest issue was how Leah treated everyone around her. Everyone from her mother to her best friends was treated like absolute shit. Leah was snarky, self centred, and just plain bitchy. I could not get myself to like her at all. Everyone tried so hard to please her. I get the hard to like character thing, but Leah was just awful. There was really nothing to like about this entire novel.
Synopsis;
The sequel to 'Simon VS. The Homo Sapiens Agenda', follows Leah, Simon's best friend. We see Leah navigate her way through her senior year of high school, and all the struggles (and love?) along the way. But her biggest struggle of all? Trying to figure out how to come out to her friends as bisexual.
My Opinion;
This was a giant waste of time. I should have listened to all the reviews that told me not to read it. But of course, I didn't. This just really didn't have a point. It added nothing to the already established story. Honestly, it was boring.
My biggest issue was how Leah treated everyone around her. Everyone from her mother to her best friends was treated like absolute shit. Leah was snarky, self centred, and just plain bitchy. I could not get myself to like her at all. Everyone tried so hard to please her. I get the hard to like character thing, but Leah was just awful. There was really nothing to like about this entire novel.
didsomeonesayviolin's review against another edition
1.0
all the references to vaginas made me cringe. hard.
→0 stars
→0 stars
nbrickman's review against another edition
5.0
When you should be sleeping but you decide to read the new Becky Albertalli in one fell swoop on release day because you just can’t quit!
justjoshinreads's review against another edition
3.0
I loved Simon and the Homosapiens Agenda So I
Was looking forward to this sequel and it was... underwhelming. It’s not bad, it’s just slow and not that interesting and lacks plot for the majority of the length. It’s kind of like catching up with old friends, revisiting the characters from a different point of view, it was needed something more. Leah was an interesting choice for a second character because in the first book I think she was sort of quiet and ambiguous. But she turned out to be of-the-charts angsty and insecure and didn’t seem to know what she wanted but she was sure whatever it is, it’s not this. It seemed like every interaction she had caused her heart to race and she was always on edge. Her internal monologue was super repetitive and I didn’t find her terribly relatable and I wasn’t very empathetic to her cause.
Read Simon, but skip this one.
Was looking forward to this sequel and it was... underwhelming. It’s not bad, it’s just slow and not that interesting and lacks plot for the majority of the length. It’s kind of like catching up with old friends, revisiting the characters from a different point of view, it was needed something more. Leah was an interesting choice for a second character because in the first book I think she was sort of quiet and ambiguous. But she turned out to be of-the-charts angsty and insecure and didn’t seem to know what she wanted but she was sure whatever it is, it’s not this. It seemed like every interaction she had caused her heart to race and she was always on edge. Her internal monologue was super repetitive and I didn’t find her terribly relatable and I wasn’t very empathetic to her cause.
Read Simon, but skip this one.
sura_reads_books's review against another edition
2.0
Some parts I loved, but this one wasn’t for me.
judemoon's review against another edition
5.0
Leah era uno de mis personajes favoritos en Simon and the Homosapiens Agenda, así que tenía mil ganas de leer este libro. Y ha cumplido todas mis expectativas. El love interest me sorprendió al principio, pero en cuanto empezó a desarrollarse más la historia todo cuadró a la perfección. Hubo un momento en el que pensé que no iban a terminar juntas y casi me da algo (menos mal que no pasó). 8,5/10
danasiler's review against another edition
3.0
Ummm...I'm sad.
I loved Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda and The Upside of Unrequited so much. Like soooo much. I literally danced around my room from joy after Simon and was so giddy after Upside.
I loved Leah in Simon. I was so excited fom her book. It wasn't terrible. It just wasn't what I was hoping for. Maybe my hopes were too high.
I felt like a lot was going on, but nothing was happening if that makes sense. Like I know I read 339 pages. But did we get very far?
I wanted more.
More growth all around from Leah.
More scenes with her mom and just because I'm a sap, I would have really enjoyed more from Leah and Wells. That would've been cool.
More of Leah the drummer.
More of Leah the artist.
More of Leah and Simon.
More of Leah and Nora.
I was sad for Garrett because yikes. He really thought things were working out for him.
The main relationship felt so rushed. Like we went from nothing to something fast. Like fast fast.
Also, I didn't like the whole not bi enough. Like what? That's nothing for anyone to comment on.
I would've liked more from Nick. He's a big part of Leah's life and being able to see him work through emotions and then see him on the other side of heartbreak would have been nice.
Idk. This just wasn't it for me.