AAAAAAA EVERYTHING IS WARM AND FUZZY AND MY HEART IS SO FULL
edit: I just watched love simon and it was amazing omg. I'm so happy rn I don't even know what to say. I am a changed human being. upping my rating to 5 stars bc holy shit.
(i honestly feel so... spoiled... by that movie like... did i really deserve to have all my dreams come true... did i deserve to experience heaven for 2hr)
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well, i'm so fucking mad at myself for not picking up this sooner. this is what young adult contemporary romance SHOULD be.
it was the perfect amount of humor and heart. simon's voice is incredibly genuine and relatable. the dialogue was effortless and realistic. honestly, i'll read anything alberatalli will publish now.
i ship simon and blue SO MUCH. OTP status basically. i love the way that simon's homosexuality and coming out was handled...obstacles and all. simon's dad: "you're pretty brave, kid" -- couldn't agree more. i felt like albertalli created this wonder
ful, beautiful love story...ya know fairy tale kind of stuff here people. i admit it. i swooned.
i loved pretty much every character in this book. while i didn't get to spend a ton of time with every side character, i still felt that everyone was really developed. even the "villain", and while i didn't condone or appreciate his behavior, albertalli really portrayed his arc realistically and made sure emphasize that what he did was not okay.
i love the friendships. i love the family dynamics. i LOVE simon's parents.
this book had me head over heels to be honest and it gave me butterflies (a ya contemporary hasn't done that for me since anna and the french the kiss)
this is definitely going to be in my top 10 if not my top 5 of 2016. do yourself a favor and read this!
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