A review by justjoshinreads
Leah on the Offbeat, by Becky Albertalli
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.