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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
April 2022 re-read:
So... I had planned to read one volume a day leading up to the show. But as you can see, that failed spectacularly. I couldn't resist reading more!!
This volume is genuinely so important to me, especially as a bisexual person who went through exactly what Nick is going through here. His journey questioning his sexuality and finally coming to terms with who he is is achingly familiar, and I'm so happy that this story exists and is told in such a beautiful, respectful way. It's so important for queer people, especially young queer people, to know that it's ok to be exactly who they are, and that they deserve to have people in their lives who will be the support system that they need to navigate this world. It's all so wonderful, and I can't thank Alice enough for doing such an amazing job with it - I trust them with my life š
TL;DR part 2 because if you haven't seen the first one, chances are you'll stumble onto this one: PLEASE read "Heartstopper" and watch the Netflix adaptation šš»
Original 2019 review:
...aaand volume 2 as well!! I can't believe that it's taken me this long to get into this series but now I can't imagine my life without it????????
Again, check out my blog for the (hopefully coming soon) full review!!
So... I had planned to read one volume a day leading up to the show. But as you can see, that failed spectacularly. I couldn't resist reading more!!
TL;DR part 2 because if you haven't seen the first one, chances are you'll stumble onto this one: PLEASE read "Heartstopper" and watch the Netflix adaptation šš»
Original 2019 review:
...aaand volume 2 as well!! I can't believe that it's taken me this long to get into this series but now I can't imagine my life without it????????
Again, check out my blog for the (hopefully coming soon) full review!!
As much as my reading experience would have been way better if I didn't have to read this for uni and write an essay on it - I couldn't help but love this. I had several gripes with it (my main one is please stop using the n-word even if it's "historically accurate" especially if you're a white author thank you) but the message and the themes are still so relevant today that it aches. We're doing better, but still not good enough. This is definitely one of those books everyone has to read in their lifetime.
So... I have Feelings?
This was school-required, and it was HUGE. At first I didnāt know that I was getting myself into not one, but two full-length plays, so it took me a longer time than usual to finish. Letās talk about the positives - I really loved the themes that this play approached, from the AIDS crisis to what it essentially means to be human, to even America itself and all the hypocritical issues that still plague it. Which is to say, I get why weāre studying this, and I get why itās very important. (I also watched the 2018 revival starring Andrew Garfield to make my experience more enjoyable and I LOVED IT)
As for the negatives, I find it hard to find any except that it left me... unsettled?? Even creeped out??? WHICH TO BE FAIR, might have happened because I Am Baby or because the play is inherently very intense but let me tell you it was CREEPY!!!!! Iām still not sure whether that adds to or takes away from my liking of the play. For now, Iām still keeping all the lights on in the house.
This was school-required, and it was HUGE. At first I didnāt know that I was getting myself into not one, but two full-length plays, so it took me a longer time than usual to finish. Letās talk about the positives - I really loved the themes that this play approached, from the AIDS crisis to what it essentially means to be human, to even America itself and all the hypocritical issues that still plague it. Which is to say, I get why weāre studying this, and I get why itās very important. (I also watched the 2018 revival starring Andrew Garfield to make my experience more enjoyable and I LOVED IT)
As for the negatives, I find it hard to find any except that it left me... unsettled?? Even creeped out??? WHICH TO BE FAIR, might have happened because I Am Baby or because the play is inherently very intense but let me tell you it was CREEPY!!!!! Iām still not sure whether that adds to or takes away from my liking of the play. For now, Iām still keeping all the lights on in the house.
*3.5/5*
I FINALLY FINISHED A BOOK. AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
First, let me tell you all Team John peeps that I totally get it now. I really loved his character in this, and I can't wait to see where the movie takes his character!! I also LOVED that we got to see more of Jamie Fox-Pickle, and that Dr. Covey is slowly coming out of his shell, too, and I really loved seeing LJ's growth and the fact that she figures out her mistakes by the end.
Now, for my main gripe with this second instalment in the series (and this will get spoilery, so click at your own risk!)
All in all, I definitely liked the first book more, but I still enjoyed "P.S.: I Still Love You" too, and I look forward to FINALLY moving on to "Always and Forever, Lara Jean"! Stay tuned for updates~
I FINALLY FINISHED A BOOK. AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT.
First, let me tell you all Team John peeps that I totally get it now. I really loved his character in this, and I can't wait to see where the movie takes his character!! I also LOVED that we got to see more of Jamie Fox-Pickle, and that Dr. Covey is slowly coming out of his shell, too, and I really loved seeing LJ's growth and the fact that she figures out her mistakes by the end.
Now, for my main gripe with this second instalment in the series (and this will get spoilery, so click at your own risk!)
Spoiler
HOW DID PETER JUST. GET OVER THE FACT THAT GENEVIEVE NOT ONLY TOOK THE VIDEO OF HIM AND LJ, BUT ALSO PUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND SHOWED IT IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL?? Like, I'm sorry, but he has literal CONFIRMATION that it was her, and yet he still??? Keeps being there for her???? Like nothing happened????? I get that she was going through difficult times and TW even harming herself at some point TW OVER but COME. ON. He should've dropped her right then and there. Lara Jean was definitely on the jealous side, and I do think that her constantly comparing herself to Genevieve and looking at her and Peter's relationship as the ideal that she can never reach definitely contributed to the tensions that LJ and Peter went through, and I also get that Peter and Gen have ~history~ and it's hard for him to just kick her to the curb, but dude. Seriously. How can you even TALK to this girl anymore after you KNOW she did what she did??All in all, I definitely liked the first book more, but I still enjoyed "P.S.: I Still Love You" too, and I look forward to FINALLY moving on to "Always and Forever, Lara Jean"! Stay tuned for updates~
4.5/5
Yes it's a 4.5 but more towards a 5 than towards a 4 because oh my God I LOVED THIS!!!
I see so much of myself in Lara Jean. So, so much. And that's been true ever since I read the first book in the series and connected with her being a homebody and preferring to be alone with her books, with her being a little bit scared of the world. That's something I still feel every single day. I didn't have LJ's experience, in that I didn't have people who helped me come out of my shell, but she made me long for it, and I'm glad she had it. I really loved her character, her development, her relationship with her sisters and her family, her and Peter, everything, and even though I might be WAY older than her right now, I still want all of that for myself, and seeing it happen from her eyes made me believe that it might happen someday for me, too.
I think this last book was the very perfect goodbye. It was hard, knowing that when I finish it there'll be nothing left, but Jenny captured that spirit so well. LJ's also afraid of the goodbyes she'll have to say in this book, and this feeling is what made me love it even more. I went through the experience of moving away from home and having to adjust to not seeing my parents (and my dog) every single day, and I felt everything she was feeling so, so deeply. We're both the kind of people who thrive within the familiar, so to go into the great unknown, with no guarantees that you're going to be okay, that's SCARY!!! I'm really glad that LJ looks at everything with a sense of hope, though, and with knowing that even though change is inevitable, it's a good thing, and her life is only just beginning. It helped me look at my life the same way, too (even though I've already graduated college and I DEFINITELY still don't know what I'm doing with my life... yeah I'm still glad that she's helping me have this view, because I'm pretty sure my life isn't done changing quite yet!!)
Lara Jean has officially become part of me - and I'm kicking myself for not picking up the trilogy sooner, because I feel like I could've used it back when. I'm still very grateful for it now, still grateful for knowing that you can be exactly who you are and you'll still have great stories to tell, no matter what. I'm still thankful that I know the Song sisters, and their wonderful father, still grateful that I have a new relationship ideal to aspire to thanks to Peter, still happy that I got to see Lara Jean grow up and grow into herself more and more. Allow me to reference "Anne with an E" (since Jenny had a lot of "Anne of Green Gables" references which I absolutely LIVED FOR): I am so sad to see you go, and yet so happy that I know you.
P.S.: Can we please also talk about all the Hamilton references????? Thank you ever so much miss Jenny Han we adore you
Yes it's a 4.5 but more towards a 5 than towards a 4 because oh my God I LOVED THIS!!!
I see so much of myself in Lara Jean. So, so much. And that's been true ever since I read the first book in the series and connected with her being a homebody and preferring to be alone with her books, with her being a little bit scared of the world. That's something I still feel every single day. I didn't have LJ's experience, in that I didn't have people who helped me come out of my shell, but she made me long for it, and I'm glad she had it. I really loved her character, her development, her relationship with her sisters and her family, her and Peter, everything, and even though I might be WAY older than her right now, I still want all of that for myself, and seeing it happen from her eyes made me believe that it might happen someday for me, too.
I think this last book was the very perfect goodbye. It was hard, knowing that when I finish it there'll be nothing left, but Jenny captured that spirit so well. LJ's also afraid of the goodbyes she'll have to say in this book, and this feeling is what made me love it even more. I went through the experience of moving away from home and having to adjust to not seeing my parents (and my dog) every single day, and I felt everything she was feeling so, so deeply. We're both the kind of people who thrive within the familiar, so to go into the great unknown, with no guarantees that you're going to be okay, that's SCARY!!! I'm really glad that LJ looks at everything with a sense of hope, though, and with knowing that even though change is inevitable, it's a good thing, and her life is only just beginning. It helped me look at my life the same way, too (even though I've already graduated college and I DEFINITELY still don't know what I'm doing with my life... yeah I'm still glad that she's helping me have this view, because I'm pretty sure my life isn't done changing quite yet!!)
Lara Jean has officially become part of me - and I'm kicking myself for not picking up the trilogy sooner, because I feel like I could've used it back when. I'm still very grateful for it now, still grateful for knowing that you can be exactly who you are and you'll still have great stories to tell, no matter what. I'm still thankful that I know the Song sisters, and their wonderful father, still grateful that I have a new relationship ideal to aspire to thanks to Peter, still happy that I got to see Lara Jean grow up and grow into herself more and more. Allow me to reference "Anne with an E" (since Jenny had a lot of "Anne of Green Gables" references which I absolutely LIVED FOR): I am so sad to see you go, and yet so happy that I know you.
P.S.: Can we please also talk about all the Hamilton references????? Thank you ever so much miss Jenny Han we adore you
I had to read this book for my dissertation, and I actually really liked it! It was really funny and witty and I really enjoyed the way it portrayed the Asian-American experience, but it just wasn't a stand-out for me.
Coming at you again with the uni-required readings!! This was so short it feels like it passed in a complete blur - and yet the messages it sent didnāt need a lot of words to be masterful. I loved seeing a little bit of Esperanzaās world, I loved the way she told her story, and Iām really glad this book is so easy to write about since Iām starting my dissertation chapter on it tomorrow
read during the 2020 owls magical readathon for history of magic (book featuring witches/wizards)!!
y'all saw this coming, right? you can't not have seen this coming.
ever since reading "carry on", this world, these characters, this story has such a special place in my heart
y'all saw this coming, right? you can't not have seen this coming.
ever since reading "carry on", this world, these characters, this story has such a special place in my heart
"To every person in search of somewhere to belong who happened to pick up this book, I hope you found a place in here, even if just for a few pages. You are loved. I wrote this for you." - [a:Casey McQuiston|17949486|Casey McQuiston|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1568653196p2/17949486.jpg]
There was literally no other possible rating I could've given this book, because it was just absolutely brilliant. It was funny, witty, charming, incredibly well-written, and I just loved everything about it!! I fell in love with these characters from page one (Henry is literally me and Alex is my son no I won't hear any critiques about it thank you) and watching their story unfold was so... amazing. I'm so glad this book is a chonker because I still don't want it to be over
There was literally no other possible rating I could've given this book, because it was just absolutely brilliant. It was funny, witty, charming, incredibly well-written, and I just loved everything about it!! I fell in love with these characters from page one (Henry is literally me and Alex is my son no I won't hear any critiques about it thank you) and watching their story unfold was so... amazing. I'm so glad this book is a chonker because I still don't want it to be over
Iām... officially head over heels with the Simonverse??
This felt like coming home in the best way possible! I missed these kids so much!!! I especially missed Simonās perspective, and I loved that reading from him again felt the exact same as reading from him in āSimon vs.ā. Heās incredible, and I was home again.
I also loved the glimpses we got into Leah and Abbyās relationship??? THEYāRE SO GODDAMN CUTE AND I CANāT HANDLE IT.
I also started to figure out how this was going to end from around the halfway point (but in all honesty, Iāve already seen āLove, Victorā, so, like, it was obvious - Iād recommend maybe reading the novella first? But I will say, me knowing about ~the thing~ didnāt make me enjoy seeing it happen any less!!)
Just, yeah, overall I really REALLY loved this, and now I need to re-read āSimon vs.ā and āLeah on the Offbeatā BECAUSE I ALREADY MISS THEM THANK YOU.
This felt like coming home in the best way possible! I missed these kids so much!!! I especially missed Simonās perspective, and I loved that reading from him again felt the exact same as reading from him in āSimon vs.ā. Heās incredible, and I was home again.
I also loved the glimpses we got into Leah and Abbyās relationship??? THEYāRE SO GODDAMN CUTE AND I CANāT HANDLE IT.
I also started to figure out how this was going to end from around the halfway point (but in all honesty, Iāve already seen āLove, Victorā, so, like, it was obvious - Iād recommend maybe reading the novella first? But I will say, me knowing about ~the thing~ didnāt make me enjoy seeing it happen any less!!)
Just, yeah, overall I really REALLY loved this, and now I need to re-read āSimon vs.ā and āLeah on the Offbeatā BECAUSE I ALREADY MISS THEM THANK YOU.