Only Mostly Devastated: Sophie Gonzales

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OH MY GOSH . . . IT'S SO GREAT! Funny and sweet and super gay, fans of SIMON VS are going to be all over thisin 2020. It's totally swoon-worthy!"

Sophie Gonzales also does a good job of building characters. I must admit that they are a bit cliche but that actually added to the overall sweetness and charm of the novel. Ollie and Will have a summer fling.It's intense and passionate but once the summer is over Ollie is baffled by Will's silence.To make things worse Ollie and his family must move temporarily and Ollie starts a new school.Will's school and if Ollie was confused about Will's silence after their fling he's even more bewildered by Will's indifference to him at school. Note to self: carry bass around everywhere and break into impromptu solo whenever anyone tries to force you into conversation." I’ve been on the hunt for books like Mamma Mia! my whole life. I always joke that I watched Mamma Mia! too many times in my formative years and that’s why I’m obsessed with Pierce Brosnan in white linen pants, ABBA, and literally every musical that has ever been made. My birthday after the film came out was Mamma Mia!–themed, with plates and napkins plastered with the cast and everything. I talked through the entire movie. How my friends remained my friends after that, I haven’t a clue.

Only Mostly Devastated

The romance was really interesting to follow, just as well, with its confusing moments, misunderstandings and growth. If sometimes, I was frustrated by the way things were going, it was just because I wanted them to be okay and together and happy, because I KNEW THEY COULD BE. I read this book, and enjoyed it, but I wasn't consumed by it. The secondary characters were quirky and fun, but things just seemed a little flat. Surface level. It didn't give me the feels I was hoping for. It didn't stand out. I don't know something was just missing. Things happened but also nothing really happened? The foundation was there, and while it was a good one, there just needed to be more depth and sparkle. Otra cosa que me ha encantado es la variedad de temas que se tocan en tan pocas páginas. Desde problemas de menstruación, autoestima, body positive, sexualidad, homofobia e incluso el cáncer. Y lo mejor de todo es que todo sirve para que Ollie avance, no es drama por el simple hecho de tenerlo, sino que van configurando la personalidad del protagonista, por lo que en cierto modo considero esta novela un coming-on-age. Además, la familia de Will -y el propio Will- son probablemente de Venezuela, hecho que casi ni se nombra. ¡Es que debe ser así! Es como que no importa si los personajes tienen sobrepeso, son extranjeros o de otras etnias… Ollie tiene la mentalidad de nuestra generación, donde es como: '¡anda! que mi nueva amiga es negra y con sobrepeso… pues muy bien, ¿qué tal te va la vida?' No sé si me entendéis, pero ese vibe es JUSTAMENTE con el que me siento representado. Eso no quita que haya momentos para hablar de la presión social y demás cosas, pero el punto de vista de Ollie, como digo, es muy representativo de esta nueva era. Ollie and Will were a summer fling; now they’re classmates. But only one of them is out…SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA meets a modern-day, queer re-imagining of GREASE.

Okay. I could do this. This wasn’t a big deal. It was just a guy texting another guy. A guy who knew all my biggest secrets, had spent the better part of seven weeks making out with me, and had Seen. Me. Naked™. Ollie has no intention of pining after a guy who clearly isn’t ready for a relationship. But as Will starts ‘coincidentally’ popping up in every area of Ollie’s life, from music class to the lunch table, Ollie finds his resolve weakening. Ollie's is an amusing narrator. He is fairly awkward, very sweet, and has a lovely sense of humour. He shows self-awareness and self-respect (two things that are often MIA in a YA main character). While he does use acronyms (I had to google D and M) and makes plenty of references to popular culture, these were well incorporated into the narrative (they didn't come across as just random insertions). If anything they made him into a believable teenager.The power of this fun Grease retelling is that it normalizes the spectrum of sexual orientations. Recommended for all teens." - School Library Journal With razor-sharp wit, masterful comedic timing, and heaps of heart, these hilarious, lovable, heartbreakingly real characters make Only Mostly Devastated an instant hit and Sophie Gonzales one YA author to watch.” —Julia Lynn Rubin, author of Burro Hills me, gay, what? Nah, that’s just a side effect of alcohol. Blurry vision, inability to walk straight, sudden insatiable desire to undress other girls. Wait, that doesn’t happen to everyone? Weird.” Desde el inicio supe que este libro me iba a encantar. Los pequeños guiños a la historia general fueron muy bien introducidos en el libro. Las pink ladies (Juliette, Niehm y Lara) me encantaron como protagonistas. Cada una de ellas es tan diferente pero todas aportan algo muy especial a la historia y los T-Birds (Darnell y Matt) siento que hicieron un buen trabajo mostrando la otra cara de la moneda.

Only Mostly Devastated se posiciona en mi lista de top de libros de temática LGTB. Sin duda alguna. Lo pondría junto a Openly Straight, Con amor, Simon o Las ventajas de ser un marginado, entre otros. Tienen ese rollo, esa manera de calentarte el corazón y llenarte de esperanza, esa buena manera de entender el mundo mientras te dan lecciones vitales. En fin, que un novelón. Si os gustan las novelas de ese tipo, os va a encantar. Si vuestro rollo no es tanto la romántica contemporánea, no sé qué deciros… ¡Pero sé de gente a la que le ha gustado independientemente de sus preferencias! Así que yo le daría una oportunidad.So if you've reading this because you're excited to see the parallels between this book and Grease explored -- well, you've come to the wrong review. Consider yourself forewarned, so you can bail out now and save yourself the disappointment. Ollie isn’t going to pine after a guy who isn’t ready for a relationship. But as school life repeatedly throws them together, from music class to the lunch table, Ollie finds his resolve weakening. OLLIE: He's the cutest, most adorable character ever. He's our ridiculous MC. Its so easy to fall in love with him with his jumbled thoughts and overthinking. Ollie is gay and very well out, he finds it a little difficult to fit in at his new school and let's just say Will wasn't making things any easier. We follow his adventures and misadventures throughout the book as he finds new friends, takes care of his cousins whose mom had cancer and tries but fails to stay away from Will. It'll get easier. That's the beautiful thing about the universe. It puts you through trials, but it never gives you anything you can't handle. We grow from these things."