Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

3.5/5 rating Narrator 5/5 (His voice for Blue makes me smile)

This book was brought to my attention via the Love, Simon movie trailer (which is based on this book) I liked the actors cast in the movie and the synopsis so I checked it out and listened to it on my drive home for Christmas holiday. Overall I really enjoyed this book even though I only gave it 3-stars but there were a few YA/LGBTQ troupes that I found draining like the drama club and preparing for the play over the course of the book, unrequited love friendship triangles and probably most importantly, Simon is a little annoying. It seems to be a trend as of late to have unlikeable main characters in YA books whether it be intentional or not but I'm not going to dwell on it I still liked the book. One other thing that worked against this book for me is that the author brings attention to issues like race and classism but somewhat causally without really tackling it ie: Their school set in a fictional affluent, predominantly white neighborhood in the outskirts of the city of Atlanta, GA. When we're being introduced to the Abby character (Simon's new bff, who is a black girl) the author mentions that many of the black kids who attend this school live on the south side of Atlanta (usually home to families of low or lower income) have a really long school bus commute but its just kinda gets shrugged off. I don't hold that against this novel too bad though because I guess that ‘s not the focus here and I do appreciate a bit of social awareness but it just seems like an afterthought. Anyways, I love the relationship that is unfolding between Simon and Blue and Blue is just so likable from the beginning it's hard not to fall in with him. My favorite part of the book was of course when Blue is revealed and they actually get to spend time together. The romance is short but sweet and I am looking forward to the movie adaptation, though now having read (well listened) to the book, re-watching the trailer raises some eyebrows as to the liberties that are being taken, but time will tell...is it March 2018 yet?