Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Every Word You Never Said by Jordon Greene

30 reviews

lettuce_read's review against another edition

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4.5

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thesesusspace's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The most unrealistic part about this book is a ~16-year-old e-boy not knowing who MCR is.
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demetrius_bennett's review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I loved the first half of this book. I loved the characters and the plot. However, I felt less interested by the second half or so. The characters are mostly lovable, but there are times when I felt frustration towards both protagonists. I suppose it was because they were truly just realistic — they are teenagers and should be flawed. However, the ending of the book was really what got me.
The moment that Ian brought up the idea of taking over the stage, I was afraid that the book would end that way. And it pretty much did. It was like it Disney wrote Love, Simon.
. Another striking flaw I found in the book was how the author writes teenagers. The amount of things they didn't know, when really they should've, was astounding. You cannot expect me to believe that a bunch of queer teenagers don't know MCR, or ET. And it might be because I was listening to this in audiobook format, but the amount of times I heard that someone "wasn't wrong" made me want to rip my ears off from the phrase. This being said, I enjoyed the idea of this book very much. Even with the parts that I hated, I eagerly sat through all 11 hours of it.
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asurasantosha's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This is such a cute and enjoyable story. It's not trying to be super complex and despite the enriching inclusion of some difficult themes (homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc) it has a pretty rose-y attitude. I recommend it if you're looking for so.ething meaningful but light-hearted and sweet.
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brimacca's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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kelliemw's review against another edition

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hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Like with the other stories in the “noahverse” a lot of character development happens off page. Things jump forward so quickly and that leaves much to be desired. The topics covered and the tropes used in the “noahverse” are all recycled quite a bit. The punk/rock friend who has a friend that hates that music. The nerdiness, especially marvel and Star Trek. The over use of the f slur both by bullies and the characters towards themselves. 
Write what you know, but the repetitive nature of it is a bit much. 
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avahernandez's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

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funny inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fun and lighthearted read. Don’t go into this expecting a masterpiece, it’s a really cute love story that I really enjoyed. 

Makes me sad that I will never get something like this lmao
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nibs's review against another edition

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hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

It was decent in the beginning, but the inconsistent handling of Skylar's communication as a non-speaking character was frustrating.  
In the first half of the book Skylar mainly uses text to speech, but in the second half he shifts to more lip reading with some signing. The lip reading overrepresents how much you can understand from lip reading, particularly in low lighting. The lack of specificity of sign language was also frustrating - ASL uses a different grammatical structure than english, yet the characters would mouth english words at the same time as signing, implying they are using english sentence structure. Based on the acknowledgements, the author is not non-speaking, so I'd say more detailed research was needed to more accurately represent communicating as a nonspeaking person. 

Ultimately, it was a cute gay YA book but it felt unpolished and rushed at times. The great parts of the book were overshadowed by rushed portions (and the communication stuff mentioned earlier). I did appreciate the realism of conservative US in the 2020s.


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leilorenzo's review against another edition

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challenging informative fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

This is the first book I read that has a nonverbal character, and it also multiple LGBT+ representation. I really wanted to love it, but it felt like it had SO many things covered that it quickly glossed over them all.

The story felt rushed, part of the characters' traits seemed to appear out of nowhere... It was a no for me, but I can see how it would be good to have this representation available for teenagers.
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