Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

no actual review yet cus it's been a minute since the last time I read this but i was just thinking about it and now I wanna reread it so I'll write a full review then. For now, i just wanna assure that this book is amazing! I think about it all the time and it genuinely shaped me as a person. I actually read this book for the first time when I was in fifth grade and very closeted. So closeted, that i was shaking just asking for this book even though no one would know what it's about just based on the title or cover. I related to Simon so deeply and I feel like i honestly wouldn't have come out to my family if I didn't read this book, or at least, it would've taken me a much longer time. When I first read this (in 2017) there were virtually no LGBT books or movies I'd ever seen with a happy ending. It was always either some short story where everyone dies or the main character's best friend played for jokes. Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda was the book that showed me that I am a person worthy of love. It was literally the only piece of media with a queer character who's family actually accepted them that I had ever seen. Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda gave me Hope. Sure it scared me seeing the homophobia in his school, but I'd already seen that in my life. It was more powerful watching Simon overcome it and find people that love and support him for who he his. I came out to my family and friends a year later. Either way, you should definitely read this book. It literally changed my life.