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Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

65 reviews

jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

So heartfelt, sincere, and genuine!
Instead of having the characters talk about texting each other, we actually get to see the texts between Imogen and Tessa and it’s so fun. It feels like Imogen is a friend and is showing me the texts personally. The texts were so funny and sometimes unintentionally flirty which was cute.
Every time Imogen would question her sexuality was so relatable. I definitely understand why this book is important to the author and now it’s really meaningful for me as well!
The short chapters are perfect! I moved through this book way faster than expected. It seems long but the pace is fast.
Imogen being around Lili’s queer friends at college felt similar to my experiences going to big Pride events for the first time.
I didn’t like Gretchen and her insistence on analyzing coming out announcements and policing people who are possibly closeted or still questioning. She passively agrees with people but then reiterates her own opinion, then doesn’t acknowledge the emotions of others. She dismisses Imogen’s experiences and emotions constantly. I do understand that this could’ve been inspired by Becky Albertalli’s experience with social media discourse.
I actually liked that the book is set in New York State because it’s very familiar to me being that I’m from there. It made the book feel more realistic in my mind.

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sea_sea's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Oh my goodness, I loved this book so so much 💗.
The anxiety rep was so good and also the characters were just amazing!!!

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pidgepodge's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It was one of my favorites, and really makes you feel for the main character trying to find her identity through the book. I definitely got frustrated at some of the characters as they were rude to the main character, but of course you need some of that in a book to be interesting.

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handove's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.5

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cats33's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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btwnprintedpgs's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Between the questioning, the toxic gatekeeping, the fantastic friendships, and cute romance, this was very much a great read. This is shockingly my first book by Becky Albertalli, though I've heard about the forced outing among other things, and I love that this book exists and ensures that people can see that there's no one right way (or any right way) to be queer, nor right or wrong time to come out. Loved this so much - I'd put it in the same category as Cool for the Summer, Loveless, and Ophelia After All.

Also, the way Imogen's people pleasing and anxiety-esque internal dialogue was so relatable, omg.

Rep: Jewish and questioning MC; lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, non binary secondary/tertiary characters

TW: biphobia, bullying, alcohol consumption, underage drinking; mentions lesbophobia, transphobia

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melaschnie's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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ravenk28's review against another edition

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funny hopeful 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

3.75

This was such a cute coming of age story. I loved Imogen’s realisation of her own queerness. And how diverse and welcoming the college friends were of her.

But I swear to god Gretchen was so fucking annoying. She was a red flag from the get go but the shit she said about Immy coming out and her devaluing Immy’s queerness just because she was jealous 🙄

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anndreya's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

3.75

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innastholiel's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

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