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I’ve been wanting to read this book forever and it was definitely worth the wait. I love a good romantic comedy movie as much as the next person and this book made me feel as though I was in one. It was such a quick read with it’s short chapters and alternating point of views. Honestly, it’s just a cute read in my opinion.

Overall the book was good. I really liked the subject and the two main characters were definitely adorable. The one thing that threw me off about this book's plot was that it all seemed so....easy. No one questioned their relationship, no one objected (except one obvious person) no one was cruel. It was interesting. At first it was a letdown, but then I realized that's how it SHOULD be and I love the author for showing that side of things.

There were only three things that I didn't really like about the book.
1)Ruby was horrible. The author threw some things in there that were clearly supposed to make us sympathetic to her, but I just didn't feel it. She was a horrible self-centered person and even though I somewhat understood her predicament and why she would be upset, it was overshadowed by how shallow and unlikable she was. Even her character change at the end seemed more about self-preservation than anything else.

2) Ezra was not well rounded enough. For someone who had a POV, we didn't really learn much about it. I just wish there was more to his story. I understand he's not the main character, but if you weren't going to develop him, why give him a POV at all. He just seemed very unimportant and an afterthought and I just wanted to know more about him.

3)It was all cleaned up extremely fast. The ending/resolution seemed a bit forced and literally happened within like 10 pages like the author realized she was running out of time.

Overall it was a decent read. It just could have offered more.

Started and finished this book in a few hours. Does that mean it’s a complete gem? No, definitely not. None of the Above touches on the important topic of what it means to be intersex and tells the story of a high school girl who, on the night of her homecoming, experiences a few things that lead to the discovery that she is intersex. As if her diagnosis isn’t confusing enough for her, she gets outed to her entire school and of course we all know how cruel kids can be, so drama and heartbreak ensue.

I think I wanted more from this book than it gave me. As I got towards the end, everything just began to feel rushed, as if the author had a page limit and realized she was running out of time. I think that something that started off as very promising, eventually sort of dissolved into feelings, situations, and conversations that were just thrown together. Even Kristin’s assault at the end made me cringe, not because of the assault itself but because of how everything was handled and sort of glossed over, even Kristin’s reaction to being assaulted.

All in all, I applaud the author for putting the effort into writing about a subject that should be discussed more. I just wish the overall delivery was a bit better.