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A review by shivani_n
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
i know it's cliché but i'm a sucker for cute declarations of love and when will came up to the bleachers after his big basketball game to kiss ollie and say i'm in love with you!?! that. was. adorable. i would definitely re-read this book.
edit 2 years later: i LOVE this book. the whole thing just warmed my heart so much, and i know it's cliché but i'm a total sucker for cute declarations of love. so, when will came up to the bleachers after his big basketball game to kiss ollie and say i'm in love with you!?! that. was. adorable. i would definitely re-read this book.
edit 2 years later:
"and maybe Happily Ever Afters weren't a singular event. maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted. and, maybe they weren't perfect. it wasn't like having will right here and right now somehow erased all of the terrible things that had happened this year. and it didn't prevent terrible things from happening in the future. sometimes in life, terrible things happened. and sometimes really, really amazing things happened. and sometimes, those things all kind of happened at once. but screw tomorrow. even if no one could promise that everything would work out perfectly, right here and now, in this exact moment, it was perfect. and right here and now was the only thing that ever mattered anyway."
i really like this book it's so cute. even though it is super super cliché and everything works out perfectly in the end and the conflict is resolved in like literally a few pages, i still like the book because it's just entertaining to read and very very easy to get through. i literally finished it in 1 day. the book also handles topic such as death, loss, and grief, but not in a way that will make you super depressed, yk? it also made me think about how so often, especially in high school, people do things because of other people's expectations of them, even though they aren't right, but it just shows that sometimes you don't know what someone could be going through, and you don't know how many of those people actually believe the bad things they say, and how many of them are just doing it because of society's expectation of toxic masculinity.
anyways, i just needed to reread something YA, short and sweet, and this was it! so i'd recommend this if that's what you're in the mood for. will and ollie are a rlly cute couple :) i still gave it 3 stars though because even though it is a nice book, it's targeted to a younger audience so i think i've just grown out of it a little, i was more obsessed with it when i was younger since i first read it at 13 hahaha.
edit 2 years later: i LOVE this book. the whole thing just warmed my heart so much, and i know it's cliché but i'm a total sucker for cute declarations of love. so, when will came up to the bleachers after his big basketball game to kiss ollie and say i'm in love with you!?! that. was. adorable. i would definitely re-read this book.
edit 2 years later:
"and maybe Happily Ever Afters weren't a singular event. maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted. and, maybe they weren't perfect. it wasn't like having will right here and right now somehow erased all of the terrible things that had happened this year. and it didn't prevent terrible things from happening in the future. sometimes in life, terrible things happened. and sometimes really, really amazing things happened. and sometimes, those things all kind of happened at once. but screw tomorrow. even if no one could promise that everything would work out perfectly, right here and now, in this exact moment, it was perfect. and right here and now was the only thing that ever mattered anyway."
i really like this book it's so cute. even though it is super super cliché and everything works out perfectly in the end and the conflict is resolved in like literally a few pages, i still like the book because it's just entertaining to read and very very easy to get through. i literally finished it in 1 day. the book also handles topic such as death, loss, and grief, but not in a way that will make you super depressed, yk? it also made me think about how so often, especially in high school, people do things because of other people's expectations of them, even though they aren't right, but it just shows that sometimes you don't know what someone could be going through, and you don't know how many of those people actually believe the bad things they say, and how many of them are just doing it because of society's expectation of toxic masculinity.
anyways, i just needed to reread something YA, short and sweet, and this was it! so i'd recommend this if that's what you're in the mood for. will and ollie are a rlly cute couple :) i still gave it 3 stars though because even though it is a nice book, it's targeted to a younger audience so i think i've just grown out of it a little, i was more obsessed with it when i was younger since i first read it at 13 hahaha.