A review by aaron_j136
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
5.0
Love, Simon
Book Review
Love, Simon basically follows Simon Spier a 17 year old boy who is trying to work out who he is and what he is to become. He emails fellow gay boy, the mysterious Blue and starts to fall in love.
One of Simon’s peers who goes by the name Martin Addison accidentally reads Simon’s emails talking with Blue. Martin thinks Simon doesn’t want people to know but he doesn’t really care saying ‘It’s a giant holy box of awkwardness, and I won’t pretend i’m looking forward to it’ on page 2. We find a little bit of information about Blue. Not much though besides the fact he lives in Shady Creek and goes to Simon’s school. Martin starts to blackmail Simon and threatens to do things with his secret unless he gets his friend Abby to date him. Personally from just hearing this readers tend to feel hate towards Martin. Simon should have the right to come out when he is ready!
Simon takes his dog Beiber named that by his older sister Alice to his friend Nick’s house. Also at nick’s house is slightly overweight Leah. Leah automatically goes to Beiber and pets him. Simon is a bit annoyed and Leah asks if he needs a scratch behind the ear too. We get a cute, funny, dialogue filled scene between the 3 before Simon reveals Leah is in love with Nick. Everytime Nick looks lovingly at a girl Leah gets peed off but she should just express her bloody feelings!
We then get to see some emails between our 2 gay lovers. Simon reveals his funniest moment was getting a girlfriend and hiding from her in a toilet cubicle. Blue says ‘the whole point of living is to find a shore worth swimming to.’ page 18. The relationship between this 2 is super funny and quirky. I just love it.
Meanwhile out of the digital world Marty continues to blackmail Simon which is really annoying. He honestly has a problem. Simon announces that he and Marty only hangs out in choir and rehearsals and Simon barely knows him. The cast rehearse their play and on page 32 Ms. Albright the producer introduces the scene and says. ‘You want to intimidate him and steal his crap.’ she is referring to a new nerd in the play Oliver!
Back to the digital world Blue ain't dressing up for halloween and Simon is pretty sad about it and Simon says in the email ‘Don’t you realise you’re throwing away the perfect opportunity to be someone else for an evening?’ This ticks me off because they are meant to be going out there and not hiding even know Simon means instead of being Average Anthony you could be a zombie or a unicorn princess.
Garrett a friend of Simon’s is hosting a halloween party and Simon invited Marty hopefully getting him and Abby together. Instead Simon gets minorly drunk upsetting Leah. Simon starts calling Leah irish and the group has a conversation about ancestry finding out Nick is Russian.
Gender Bender day comes along and the boys dress up as girls and boys as girls. I found this really odd. Do they actually do this in America. We should be proud of who we are!
Back on the computer Simon fantasizes about Oreos, his favorite snack.
The next day is Simon’s birthday and Leah finds him a vanilla cake and a chocolate cake to share with friends. There is no red icing on the cake because Leah knows Simon doesn't like red icing because it tastes too red. Did you know i don't like hot chips because they are too hot! LOL (a common word used by Simon’s younger sister Nora.)
Many other things happen like Simon calling Blue grammatical and cute, Simon’s family is the only southern family without a bible but things between Marty get more tense with Simon saying he F#@*ing hates him. But oddly they grow closer at a waffle house with Abby hugging Marty. His expression goes crazy and on page 122 Simon thinks ‘ Honest to God, he’s like a freaking anime character. I can almost see hearts popping out of his eyes. He catches my eye and his big banana mouth is just beaming.’ Simon tells Abby he is gay and later Abby rejects Marty and he gets peed off.
Then Simon and Blue talk and along comes the best quote in the book on page 146 by Simon. He says ‘don’t you think everyone should come out? Why is straight the default?’ Blue replies ‘straight people should really have to come out.’ This was probably the most impactful quote in the book. Why don’t others admit things. Everyone is different and should be happy that way.
Remember Marty and how he got mad? Well he posted on tumblr revealing Simon being gay. Simon’s little sister finds out and he tells his older sister Alice and his parents. He then goes and tells his friends Nick and Leah. Meanwhile Blue tells his parents. But still Simon doesn’t tell Leah about Marty blackmailing him when she asks about the tumblr incident.
At school some boy pretends to kiss him and people laugh like F#@*ing Elmo. Simon continues to get teased with a big sign saying what what- in tha butt. During rehearsal some boys tease simon and Taylor a goody 2 shoes nearly punches 1 of them. Ms. Albright gets really mad and says they will get suspended. Martin tries to apologise but it doesn't work. That whole chapter was super painful, full of anger and sadness. So sad. Like really sad
Oliver! Performances begin but someone alters the cast list and makes fun of Marty and Simon. Simon has had enough and walks away from Marty pissed off. Simon suspects Martin is Blue thinking Blue is fake. Simon gets drunk and grounded for 2 weeks and everyone worries about him. He can't even walk Bieber his dog. Simon has a conversation with his parents about being gay in more depth amd there is a true family moment. There are always people that look out for you no matter what.
Simon gets a note from Blue which has his phone number. Simon finds out Garrett’s friend Bram is Blue. which is a tad disappointing because Bram was just a side character not a main one. Their pinkies become close and the relationship begins. They go to the school talent show together and watch Abby dance and find out Leah and Nora are in a band.
The book ends with Simon saying ‘why would i want to watch other people kissing, when i could be kissing you.’ They kiss finally!
Book Review
Love, Simon basically follows Simon Spier a 17 year old boy who is trying to work out who he is and what he is to become. He emails fellow gay boy, the mysterious Blue and starts to fall in love.
One of Simon’s peers who goes by the name Martin Addison accidentally reads Simon’s emails talking with Blue. Martin thinks Simon doesn’t want people to know but he doesn’t really care saying ‘It’s a giant holy box of awkwardness, and I won’t pretend i’m looking forward to it’ on page 2. We find a little bit of information about Blue. Not much though besides the fact he lives in Shady Creek and goes to Simon’s school. Martin starts to blackmail Simon and threatens to do things with his secret unless he gets his friend Abby to date him. Personally from just hearing this readers tend to feel hate towards Martin. Simon should have the right to come out when he is ready!
Simon takes his dog Beiber named that by his older sister Alice to his friend Nick’s house. Also at nick’s house is slightly overweight Leah. Leah automatically goes to Beiber and pets him. Simon is a bit annoyed and Leah asks if he needs a scratch behind the ear too. We get a cute, funny, dialogue filled scene between the 3 before Simon reveals Leah is in love with Nick. Everytime Nick looks lovingly at a girl Leah gets peed off but she should just express her bloody feelings!
We then get to see some emails between our 2 gay lovers. Simon reveals his funniest moment was getting a girlfriend and hiding from her in a toilet cubicle. Blue says ‘the whole point of living is to find a shore worth swimming to.’ page 18. The relationship between this 2 is super funny and quirky. I just love it.
Meanwhile out of the digital world Marty continues to blackmail Simon which is really annoying. He honestly has a problem. Simon announces that he and Marty only hangs out in choir and rehearsals and Simon barely knows him. The cast rehearse their play and on page 32 Ms. Albright the producer introduces the scene and says. ‘You want to intimidate him and steal his crap.’ she is referring to a new nerd in the play Oliver!
Back to the digital world Blue ain't dressing up for halloween and Simon is pretty sad about it and Simon says in the email ‘Don’t you realise you’re throwing away the perfect opportunity to be someone else for an evening?’ This ticks me off because they are meant to be going out there and not hiding even know Simon means instead of being Average Anthony you could be a zombie or a unicorn princess.
Garrett a friend of Simon’s is hosting a halloween party and Simon invited Marty hopefully getting him and Abby together. Instead Simon gets minorly drunk upsetting Leah. Simon starts calling Leah irish and the group has a conversation about ancestry finding out Nick is Russian.
Gender Bender day comes along and the boys dress up as girls and boys as girls. I found this really odd. Do they actually do this in America. We should be proud of who we are!
Back on the computer Simon fantasizes about Oreos, his favorite snack.
The next day is Simon’s birthday and Leah finds him a vanilla cake and a chocolate cake to share with friends. There is no red icing on the cake because Leah knows Simon doesn't like red icing because it tastes too red. Did you know i don't like hot chips because they are too hot! LOL (a common word used by Simon’s younger sister Nora.)
Many other things happen like Simon calling Blue grammatical and cute, Simon’s family is the only southern family without a bible but things between Marty get more tense with Simon saying he F#@*ing hates him. But oddly they grow closer at a waffle house with Abby hugging Marty. His expression goes crazy and on page 122 Simon thinks ‘ Honest to God, he’s like a freaking anime character. I can almost see hearts popping out of his eyes. He catches my eye and his big banana mouth is just beaming.’ Simon tells Abby he is gay and later Abby rejects Marty and he gets peed off.
Then Simon and Blue talk and along comes the best quote in the book on page 146 by Simon. He says ‘don’t you think everyone should come out? Why is straight the default?’ Blue replies ‘straight people should really have to come out.’ This was probably the most impactful quote in the book. Why don’t others admit things. Everyone is different and should be happy that way.
Remember Marty and how he got mad? Well he posted on tumblr revealing Simon being gay. Simon’s little sister finds out and he tells his older sister Alice and his parents. He then goes and tells his friends Nick and Leah. Meanwhile Blue tells his parents. But still Simon doesn’t tell Leah about Marty blackmailing him when she asks about the tumblr incident.
At school some boy pretends to kiss him and people laugh like F#@*ing Elmo. Simon continues to get teased with a big sign saying what what- in tha butt. During rehearsal some boys tease simon and Taylor a goody 2 shoes nearly punches 1 of them. Ms. Albright gets really mad and says they will get suspended. Martin tries to apologise but it doesn't work. That whole chapter was super painful, full of anger and sadness. So sad. Like really sad
Oliver! Performances begin but someone alters the cast list and makes fun of Marty and Simon. Simon has had enough and walks away from Marty pissed off. Simon suspects Martin is Blue thinking Blue is fake. Simon gets drunk and grounded for 2 weeks and everyone worries about him. He can't even walk Bieber his dog. Simon has a conversation with his parents about being gay in more depth amd there is a true family moment. There are always people that look out for you no matter what.
Simon gets a note from Blue which has his phone number. Simon finds out Garrett’s friend Bram is Blue. which is a tad disappointing because Bram was just a side character not a main one. Their pinkies become close and the relationship begins. They go to the school talent show together and watch Abby dance and find out Leah and Nora are in a band.
The book ends with Simon saying ‘why would i want to watch other people kissing, when i could be kissing you.’ They kiss finally!