I loved this. In a lot of ways, I think this is Sophie Gonzales’ funniest book to date, while still giving serious issues the gravitas and respect they deserve. It’s a ridiculous book, filled with beautiful characters (and one spectacular asshat). And it might just be that book-orgasm you get when you finish a book where the ending and everything that led up to it was perfection, but I can’t think of a single bad thing to say about this.

CWs: gaslighting, sexism, manipulative behavior, generally gross comments that only disgusting people make. If it helps at all, the disgusting person in question is 100% responsible for everything in this CW section and he gets what’s coming to him. (And it’s so satisfying.)

Idk, I guess I see the hype around this though I don’t necessarily agree. Because this book is beautifully written, but I disagree with this book on one of its most basic premises: I just don’t feel this as a romance. This book makes more sense to me as a sweet friendship story/coming of age. Ari locks away a lot of his emotions and this book really suffers for it.

And a strange side note: while I enjoyed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s narration, I think the lyrical quality of this book comes through better in the actual prose itself. As such, I enjoyed this better while I was reading it vs listening to it.