Only Mostly Devastated: Sophie Gonzales

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No one deserves to be outed against their will. The Plot: Met a Boy (Sweet as Can Be)…then He Crammed into a Supply Closet with Me

I love how, even though Ollie is our narrator, we get to see the very real and various problems that all of the other characters have to deal with as well. Ollie is understandably confused when he gets to school and Will, who was very much out during their summer romance, ignores him and shuts down whenever his basketball team friends even hint that he might be romantically involved with Ollie – but there’s more to it than that. There usually is. Ollie Di Fiore is happy and secure in his sexuality. As his favourite Aunt Linda points out he has a supportive family, great friends, and a wonderful school. He doesn't even know how easy his coming out was compared to other people's. Ollie and his family spend their summer at a lake in North Carolina, and this is where he meets and falls in love with Will- 'sweet, thoughtful, and respectful' Will. Then suddenly Will starts ignoring Ollie's texts and it's clear whatever undefined relationship they had is over. Love Your Self Saturday #2: Dealing with my reading slump and overall brain fog/funk February 5, 2022Ollie's parents are so unimportant and 'unwritten' as to be closer to two nebulous entities than to two human individuals. In her first appearance Ollie's mother tells him that they will be moving to a new state and he can't complain because she has a lot on her plate. Which... yeah. After that she has a few lines about 'energy' and such. Ollie's father makes his first appearance around the 40% mark and tells him off because he is stressed. After that I'm not sure he does or says anything of notice. They were like the adults in Tom and Jerry..cut off from Ollie's story, barely in the picture. I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher (thank you!) in exchange for an honest review. ** Ollie goes through extremely difficult time in this book and my heart was going to him. At the end of the day he is right we need to cherish people around us, because we might not have much time with them, which doesn't cancel our happy, loving experiences. 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. Ollie, our main character, is one of these characters I want to protect and hug and just wonderful. He’s kind and yet socially awkward a tiny little bit, he’s caring and just so relatable in the way he views things and life. He makes mistakes and assumptions and is really far from perfect, but despite his flaws, you just want him to be okay and happy. I really wanted him to be happy.

Algo que me sorprendió para bien de este libro es que, aunque parezca, no es solamente un romancE más. Tiene una profundidad que disfrute bastante, debido a que uno de los tema que trata me parece sumamente importante. En este libro se trata mucho el tema sobre que no todo el mundo esta listo para salir del closet, y que cada quien lo hace a su paso. Puede que eso afecte a alguien que se encuentre en una relación esa persona, pero que hay que saber ser empáticos ya que no todos tienen las mismas oportunidades, la misma familia, que uno, y la situación de Will me pegó justo donde debía. Also: Here are some other books that are queer af written by authors who are also queer af. Add them, read them, boost them. Because the only way to get more queer books out there is to support the ones that already exist. That's how capitalism works, boys, gals and nonbinary pals. Like, okay. Yes, if I sent another it’d be three in a row. Yes that was semi-stalker level. But I could rationalize this. The first message he’d ignored was in response to his own text on Saturday night. He’d said good night, and I’d said good night. End of conversation. He wasn’t required to respond. So I could barely even count that.

Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it.

The story is very well crafted.It's sweet with a bit of angst,funny,with a serious side.Two highly likeable MCs,and great supporting characters. Wait. So Aunt Linda hadn’t passed away? The relief hit me so hard I almost missed Mom’s next words, too dizzy with happiness to focus. Sophie Gonzales' simple writing style effectively conveys Ollie's various thoughts and experiences. Rather than loosing herself in a purply metaphors Gonzales has opted for a more direct and plain prose and this first-person narrative is perhaps the most accomplished aspect of Only Mostly Devastated. Ollie hooks readers in, right from his opening lines, and keeps us entertained and engaged throughout the majority of the novel. Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, and they realize that “falling for your enemy” isn’t as impossible as it seems.I felt like the ending was a bit abrupt but, overall, I enjoyed this highschool drama-y novel! Review to come 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. Sophie Gonzales is a YA contemporary author. She graduated from the University of Adelaide and lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she currently works as a psychologist. When she isn't writing, she can be found ice skating, performing in musical theatre, and practicing the piano. She is also the author of The Law of Inertia. She is the author of THE LAW OF INERTIA, ONLY MOSTLY DEVASTATED and PERFECT ON PAPER. IF THIS GETS (co-written with Cale Dietrich) is forthcoming in Fall 2021 from Wednesday Books / Macmillan. Ollie is a precious snowflake and I will defend him with my life. He had such an incredibly fun perspective on life and it truly brightened the scenes.

Statistically, the most amazing events that would ever happen in the world would probably happen sometime in the far future, and I’d never get to know about it. So many beautiful, wonderful things would happen one day, in a world that didn’t have me in it. And I didn’t want the world to keep going if I wasn’t in it.” Ollie makes friends with a circle of girls, each with their own challenges to deal with. Will is torn between wanting to spend time with Ollie and overcompensating whenever one of his friends from the basketball team comes by and could possibly suspect the truth about Will. It gets to the point where Ollie is tired of being treated like dirt by Will, tired of being jerked around so Will can maintain his reputation.Al principio he de admitir que me costó un poco engancharme. Es una novela que se lee sin darte cuenta, en serio. Te sumerges de lleno y es muy sencilla de seguirle el ritmo, pero eso sí, no todo es de color de rosa. No esperéis una historia super mega cute, porque tiene sus momentos oscuros. Aun y todo, la lectura es adictiva y te atrapa casi desde el primer momento. Una vez pasé el bache inicial leí el 80% de la novela del tirón. That’s how good it is! Y si sois como yo, terminaréis llorando... Ains. Only Mostly Devastated is a story about two boys who spend the summer falling in love only to have to say goodbye at the end of it all. But wait. SURPRISE! Ollie shows up as the new student at Will's school. Whoops. its your typical YA realistic fiction about teenagers and crushes and school and family. i think the story does a decent job at representing the LGBT community, normalising being plus-sized, combating harmful stereotypes, expressing grief and the loss of a loved one, and showing the joys of liking someone.