Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) in Queereaders

Sep 05, 2015 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobook, queer, young-adult, 2015

Super cute and not as predictable as I had originally thought. It was so easy to relate to Simon's whirlwind of emotions (mostly in a nostalgic kind of way, thank goddess). I loved his friend Abby and I liked the friendship problems Simon had with making new friends, yet keeping the old (one is silver and the other's gold). I liked how racially integrated this was and how loud Becky Albertalli is about the fact. Abby is straight up black and there's no hinting at it, which is great. (Compared to ...more

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Nov 12, 2015 Scott rated it really liked it

Shelves: homo-lit

Simon is delightful, albeit annoyingly teenaged. I would have read this book a million times in secret and hidden it under my bed, so I wish it had been around when I was a teenager.

Part of me wishes "Blue" had been the narrator instead of Simon. Maybe it would be a little too Rainbow Boys if we heard the same story from his perspective. ...more

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Feb 26, 2017 Renee rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya, relationships

Loved the candor, humor and heartfelt perspective of a teenaged boy fumbling into his first love and coming out under pressure.

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Mar 08, 2017 Chad rated it really liked it

Let me start by saying that I simply devoured this novel. I finished it in one day. It accompanied me on two planes and a train as I traveled home from New Orleans. On one of the flights we were told we had to power down all electronic devices for the last 20 minutes of the flight and it killed me, because I really wanted to read this book.

The premise of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda is a bit twisted. Teenagers can truly be cruel and just a tad sadistic at times. Somehow, though, this was on ...more

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Aug 10, 2021 ivan rated it really liked it

Shelves: _fiction, comingofage, queer, romance

It's a quick read -- you'll probably be able to finish it in about the running time of the movie (Love, Simon; definitely a better title) that was made from it.

I think it was well done, and I'm glad it exists. It didn't completely blow me away, but it has likeable characters, a reasonably diverse cast, quotable lines and a solid ending -- in particular, I appreciated that (view spoiler).

It also includes bo ...more

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