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A review by ashley_mrose530
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This one was super cute.
I loved the aspect of growing up and how it might distance you from your family but that doesn't mean you love them any less. That struggle with change was a big part of this book and I think it worked really well for a young adult romance. There were also many other little topics covered that I thought were great for a YA novel like sex and body sizes.
I really liked the main couple in this book too. I thought they were super cute together and it was so obvious that Reid was down bad from the start. It was great.
The main thing that I didn't really like in this book was basically the main character Molly. Her personality was okay but I couldn't get behind her obsession with getting a boyfriend to cure her loneliness. I found it really boring and almost one dimensional. And it wasn't really fixed at the end either. She got the boyfriend and suddenly her loneliness was cured but I wish she would have realized that her family and friends can fix that loneliness just as well if not more or even found something within herself to stop her lonely feelings altogether. I don't know. I was just kind of hoping for more from the ending of this book for her.
In all it was a super cute book and I did enjoy it, I just wish the character growth would have payed off a little more.
I loved the aspect of growing up and how it might distance you from your family but that doesn't mean you love them any less. That struggle with change was a big part of this book and I think it worked really well for a young adult romance. There were also many other little topics covered that I thought were great for a YA novel like sex and body sizes.
I really liked the main couple in this book too. I thought they were super cute together and it was so obvious that Reid was down bad from the start. It was great.
The main thing that I didn't really like in this book was basically the main character Molly. Her personality was okay but I couldn't get behind her obsession with getting a boyfriend to cure her loneliness. I found it really boring and almost one dimensional. And it wasn't really fixed at the end either. She got the boyfriend and suddenly her loneliness was cured but I wish she would have realized that her family and friends can fix that loneliness just as well if not more or even found something within herself to stop her lonely feelings altogether. I don't know. I was just kind of hoping for more from the ending of this book for her.
In all it was a super cute book and I did enjoy it, I just wish the character growth would have payed off a little more.