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I've not been reading much YA lately, but I picked this up because of all the movie hype. This story is utterly sweet. Brought me right back to my high school days working crew on the musicals and eagerly awaiting the next Molly Ringwald/John Hughes film (I definitely see this working as a Pretty in Pink style story).
Simon knows he is gay, but he needs to come to a few other realizations about himself, just like anyone else. This is all helped along by an interesting cast of secondary characters ...more
Simon knows he is gay, but he needs to come to a few other realizations about himself, just like anyone else. This is all helped along by an interesting cast of secondary characters ...more
This was so good! I haven't listened to/read a YA book in ages but it was such a great story. It made me nostalgic for high school one minute and then so glad it's all in the past the next. :-D It hit every emotion, more of the good than the bad (I laughed a lot) but there might have been a few tears shed and some rage on Simon's behalf too. :) It's more a coming of age/coming out story than a romance, but the romance is definitely there between Simon and his mysterious email friend, Blue. There
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......with a sweet 5-star ending.
2.75 starts
The extra bit of star is for the parents who stuck to their guns and actually carried through on the grounding they give Simon for getting drunk.
What to say otherwise? Well, let's start with the title: What Homo Sapiens Agenda? I kept waiting for it to show up and it never did.
After the first few times, I skimmed the email chapters. They did nothing for the story except drag it down.
Marty's agenda, to blackmail Simon, was poorly thought out and lame, though he does plenty of damage b ...more
The extra bit of star is for the parents who stuck to their guns and actually carried through on the grounding they give Simon for getting drunk.
What to say otherwise? Well, let's start with the title: What Homo Sapiens Agenda? I kept waiting for it to show up and it never did.
After the first few times, I skimmed the email chapters. They did nothing for the story except drag it down.
Marty's agenda, to blackmail Simon, was poorly thought out and lame, though he does plenty of damage b ...more
This is a wonderful young adult story. It is set in high school and felt both current in it's presentation and timeless in what we deal with in high school. Friends,crushes, peer pressure, everything is huge and new and there is drama and fun, and insecurities and growing up. It was thought provoking reading it as an adult and a parent of teens and comparing my memories of high school with the characters experiences and interactions with my own family and of those with my own children. recommend
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This was a clever well written M/M romance. The main character was smart and funny if not always wise and he works his way under your skin right away.
Initially the e-mails were better than some of the quirky narrative but once I became familiar with the characters even that was pretty great.
I'm pretty sure that this will go down as one of my favorite reads of the year. The characters were good, the story was fun and there was a bit of a mystery that I was lucky enough to solve way before the n ...more
Initially the e-mails were better than some of the quirky narrative but once I became familiar with the characters even that was pretty great.
I'm pretty sure that this will go down as one of my favorite reads of the year. The characters were good, the story was fun and there was a bit of a mystery that I was lucky enough to solve way before the n ...more
This lives up to all of the praise it's been given, in a big way. It's a really awesome, well-written story of Simon, a 17 year-old boy from near Atlanta, Georgia, and how he comes out. A combination of narrative and emails, the characters are wonderfully portrayed--funny, realistic, and heartfelt. Simon's family is a trip, and everyone has their own little secrets. Well, almost everyone. Bieber pretty much wears his heart on his leg. ;-)
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Nov 14, 2016
Jillian MacLeod
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I know I'm not the intended audience for this book, and I can't guarantee that it'll work for a modern teenager, but it absolutely worked for me. It's by turns charming and sweet and fraught with the anxieties of growing up different.
Simon is your typical 16-year-old boy—high school student, theater geek, and middle kid sandwiched between two sisters—with parents who might be just a little too caring. Oh yeah, and he just happens to be gay and having a secret, anonymous email romance with an ...more
Simon is your typical 16-year-old boy—high school student, theater geek, and middle kid sandwiched between two sisters—with parents who might be just a little too caring. Oh yeah, and he just happens to be gay and having a secret, anonymous email romance with an ...more
It's been a hot minute since I've read a YA novel, it's all of the hormones, angst and world ending woe that I could have wanted. Simon is your classic teen with with a secret pen pal, both of whom are hiding themselves from the world.
I somehow missed the film when it came out, and definitely feel there was a much more character building as we don't really get any sense of Blue and who he really is. I'm tempted to skip over the sequel to the third book to be reunited with our heroes. ...more
I somehow missed the film when it came out, and definitely feel there was a much more character building as we don't really get any sense of Blue and who he really is. I'm tempted to skip over the sequel to the third book to be reunited with our heroes. ...more
Quick sweet read (a day late) for Pride Month. A coming-out story of a boy, Simon, trying to come to terms with the changes being a teenager means. Distinct characters in realistic situations, though I'm not 100% sold on who Blue, Simon's email-pal, turned out to be. Becky Albertalli's style reminds me of David Levithan. Now I can watch the film adaptation.
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Loved this book, so much fun reading and insight to teen thinking.
Apr 22, 2015
ttg
marked it as to-read
Nov 01, 2015
Jen
marked it as to-read
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Cornelia
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