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A review by theengineerisreading
The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash
4.0
21st read of the year is something I did not expect to read this month and just picked it because of the cover and the blurb that got my attention.
Sarvenaz Tash's Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love is a YA novel that tells the story of Graham Posner, a huge fan of comic books and a self-proclaimed nerd, who secretly crushes on his childhood bestfriend Roxana who is a comic geek as well. The two MCs first met when Graham moved to Roxana's neighborhood eight years ago and he met her, minutes after she asked him about his Hogwarts house. From then, an eternal story of friendship bloomed sharing most things they like from their favorite comics, The Chronicles of Althena, and watching his mom's favorite rom-com movies and doing their own comic series, The Misfits of Mage High. But one day, Graham realized that he may have developed a feeling for his bestfriend and cleverly planned a well-thought scheme on how to confess his feelings for her. But universe is tricky and a series of obstacle hindered his romantic confession only to end up discovering more important lessons of life.
In this novel, I love how the author delved into the reality of life and how sometimes, unexpectedly, we fall in love with the most unexpected people in our life. Graham's story, as I see it, shows the importance of honesty and courage in voicing out what you truly feels inside.
Though this one has a lot of comic reference since 80% of the story happened in New York Comic Con, it helped in painting an enjoyable setting in this story paired with an entertaining storyline. Who wouldn't love comic cons and meeting your fictional superheroes in real life?
Also, I liked how this one ended with a nice picture of reality. No rom-com cheesy lines, no bs. Sarvenaz Tash successfully concluded Graham and Roxana's story with a good bang of what's happening in real life.
Though there are some points in the story where I actually don't agree with the characters point of view on some things related to love and life, it still clicked with the novel's general lesson that is to never seek perfection from someone because no one in this world is perfect.
Rating: 4 stars
Sarvenaz Tash's Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love is a YA novel that tells the story of Graham Posner, a huge fan of comic books and a self-proclaimed nerd, who secretly crushes on his childhood bestfriend Roxana who is a comic geek as well. The two MCs first met when Graham moved to Roxana's neighborhood eight years ago and he met her, minutes after she asked him about his Hogwarts house. From then, an eternal story of friendship bloomed sharing most things they like from their favorite comics, The Chronicles of Althena, and watching his mom's favorite rom-com movies and doing their own comic series, The Misfits of Mage High. But one day, Graham realized that he may have developed a feeling for his bestfriend and cleverly planned a well-thought scheme on how to confess his feelings for her. But universe is tricky and a series of obstacle hindered his romantic confession only to end up discovering more important lessons of life.
In this novel, I love how the author delved into the reality of life and how sometimes, unexpectedly, we fall in love with the most unexpected people in our life. Graham's story, as I see it, shows the importance of honesty and courage in voicing out what you truly feels inside.
Though this one has a lot of comic reference since 80% of the story happened in New York Comic Con, it helped in painting an enjoyable setting in this story paired with an entertaining storyline. Who wouldn't love comic cons and meeting your fictional superheroes in real life?
Also, I liked how this one ended with a nice picture of reality. No rom-com cheesy lines, no bs. Sarvenaz Tash successfully concluded Graham and Roxana's story with a good bang of what's happening in real life.
Though there are some points in the story where I actually don't agree with the characters point of view on some things related to love and life, it still clicked with the novel's general lesson that is to never seek perfection from someone because no one in this world is perfect.
Rating: 4 stars