Mixedthis book also completely lacked any direction because there was just no plot and no sense of where the story was going at all i did really appreciate the more assertive main character
Leah on the offbeat (2018)
Others: Leaning negative Leah Burke girl-band drummer, master of deadpan, and Simon Spier s best friend takes center stage in this novel of first love and senior-year angst.
- ISBN:
- 9780062643803
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- 356 pages
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Not a fanlate on the offbeat was a [ __ ] show to say the least
Loved itI really enjoyed it I think I liked it a little bit more than Simon versus personally it's still not my favorite Becky book because I love upside so much but I did really enjoy this audio book when I read it
Mixedit just felt like the plot was really underwhelming and it felt like nothing significant really happened
Not a fanLeah on the offbeat was disappointing for me because it did not remotely live up to Simon vs. the Homo sapiens agenda' it also didn't live up to what I know becky albertalli can write
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MixedI didn't hate this book or anything I think I gave it like a three stars but it was such a disappointing read for me I was expecting so much more but in the end I really could not get behind the whole relationship it was just so weird and insta lovey and out of the blue in my opinion
Not a fanit was such an angsty unfair treatment of everyone in the book by her and I do not justify it by the fact that someone's not happy because they're with their body because they were shaming others that were different ... all I did was make me continuously angry
Mixedyeah on the offbeat by becky albertalli which I gave a three and a half out of five