Reviewed by readingwithwrin on
“Why is straight the default? Everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi, or whatever. I'm just saying.”
For me, this book ended up falling flat. That could be because I was getting into a small reading slump though.
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Simon is just a regular guy, he’s not out to many people he knows and he’s okay with this. Of course, he’s worried about telling them, but he’s also comfortable in his masculinity and isn’t afraid to be who he is for the most part.
“But I'm tired of coming out. All I ever do is come out. I try not to change, but I keep changing, in all these tiny ways. I get a girlfriend. I have a beer. And every freaking time, I have to reintroduce myself to the universe all over again.”
Now to having to get to becoming the wingman for the class clown, well this is what bothered me, he was literally being threatened to be outed. That’s not okay and in my opinion shouldn’t have been such a plot point.
“It's strange because, in reality, I'm not the leading guy. Maybe I'm the best friend. I guess I didn't think of myself as interesting until I was interested to Blue.”
Overall for me, not much of this story was memorable sadly. I really wanted to like and it enjoys it as much as everyone else did, but I just didn’t sadly. Simon had so many good points and his friends were great and extremely supportive, but it just seemed like another Contemporary high school story. I did like the mystery of who Blue was and I was always trying to figure out who he was the whole time Simon was.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 18 July, 2016: Finished reading
- 18 July, 2016: Reviewed