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hgunsch's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Terminal illness
fanboyriot's review
lighthearted
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? Yes
3.0
Why would it end like that?! I’m just going to assume the We Three Queens are poly lesbians until informed otherwise.
The book was good and the humor was really funny. The phone calls with Mitzi and Mytzy (which why would their parents do that?!) had me laughing for a solid minute.
The negatives about this book were the slurs used. They just made me uncomfortable when he brought up a slur for Romani people multiple times.
Asexual Rep
Lighthearted
Drag Queens
Neurodivergent MC
Heathy Relationship
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Ableism, Addiction, Grief, Cursing, and Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Lesbophobia, and Misogyny
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, and Cancer
kj468's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
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? It's complicated
5.0
It’s been a long time since a just made me feel happy, like purely, straightforwardly happy. And it’s not like I read a lot of angst, either; I genuinely have no interest in books that come with too many Big Sads or don’t have a HAE. But How to Be A Normal Person was unique because I don’t think there was a single moment I didn’t feel happy while I was reading it. Of course, I felt other emotions, too, but somehow, even during the peak of conflict, the predominant emotion was simply happy. Sure, sometimes it was complicated happiness, sometimes there was even sadness baked in, but it was always happy. In some ways, it felt like fanfic, because it’s rare for traditionally published media to focus so singularly on happiness and for drama to be so… nonthreatening.
This book is funny and sweet and the ace rep was just *chefs kiss*. I’m pretty certain it will become a comfort reread for me (maybe with a special baked treat in the future 😉).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Drug use
innastholiel's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- 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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness
ramunepocky's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
I’ve wanted to read this book for so long and it didn’t disappoint, it was adorable and hilarious, and I lost count of how many times the word “asexual” was used which made my lil ace heart v happy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use
Minor: Terminal illness and Death
the terminal illness and death was in retrospect to someone who had already died
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