The fact that these teenagers made an incredible film whilst all battling with their personal concerns and worries was truly inspiring. It’s full of great characters with real depth, covers important issues like heart surgery, body image, this ‘Big-Gay-Zom-Rom-Com’ isn’t just a light fluffy read, it’s as full as depth and character as Jesse is. I loved how they go through with Jess Ideas, don't like everytime they about to reveal something to the other they got distracted by something it's so annoying this goes on throughout 80% of the book until the truth got revealed, anyway this was a cute coming of age book fills with insecurity and friendship theme and also internalized homophobia approached gently. If you like audiobooks, you should definitely listen to this one, because what Chris Nelson has delivered here is perfect. It makes you laugh, it makes you think, and it makes you cry, but most of all, it makes you feel like you're at home.

Fall in love before this surgery lands him with a huge scar - because how will anyone ever fancy him after that? He's clearly a fan of cinema, which is demonstrated in the main thrust of the plot, but the main character also has the same heart condition as the author, which gives us a great insight into what it must be like and the worries and concerns that someone living with this condition must experience.The motivations of some characters were intriguing, but the resolution tied everything up beautifully. There is some homophobia in the story, but I thought that it was handled well, as well as some hints at internalised homophobia. But since I've joked that open heart surgery has lowkey made me a zombie (ya know, the whole heart-stopping-and-then-restarting thing? Das ganze Buch ist in der Ich-Perspektive geschrieben und gibt einen wundervollen Einblick in das Leben des Jungen, den wir begleiten. Jesse Spark has a broken heart, and in a few short weeks, he'll require major surgery to repair it - which means he only has a month to accomplish two almost-impossible tasks.

His queer YA Hideous Beauty is a gem about love and loss, and The Outrage, a dystopian YA story, is chest-tightening and incredibly scary. The trio had a Harry, Ron, and Hermione vibe to them, particularly in their loyalty and unwavering support for each other—although the relationship dynamics were quite different, if you catch my drift. Cue Jesses hospital visit and diagnosis, heart surgery is imminent but first, the movie must be filmed - and that’s just mission one, mission two is to have a love connection before the surgery and recovery period.There is plenty of humour, but also serious and sensitive moments that are handled well - you can definitely tell the author is drawing on. He was lied to by nearly everyone and then treated like shit for questioning being lied to as if it was his own fault. The plot points of the romance were predictable but very satisfying when they inevitably hit nonetheless. He reminds me a bit of Stiles Stilinski from the „Teen Wolf“ series in his whole manner and God, I love him for that alone. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.