Book Review:Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

This book will surely be in my list of the best books I have read this year. Believe it or not, I can confidently say that this is ten times better the SVTHSA by Becky Albertalli. This book reminds me of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, for it not just only talks about one of the serious dilemmas our society have today, it also speaks how beautiful life is, if you grow up with an epic and awesome family.

I do have a lot of things that I would like to stress out on why I love this book so much. But I tried to categorize to narrow them down, and I ended up with: characters, story and impact to the readers and society. Without further a do, let us begin.

“Love fails for a million reasons - distance, infidelity, pride, religion, money, illness. Why is this story any more worthy?
It felt like it was. It felt important. Living in this town is suffocating in so many ways.
But if a tree falls in the woods, maybe it makes no sound.
And if a boy falls for the bishop's closeted son, maybe it makes no story.”

First up are the characters. Ok, straight forward, the characters were awesome! They were flawed and they seem to connect to me instantly. I just found myself inside their heads and hearts without any efforts. I just admire how the authors, yes, authors. Christina Lauren is made up of two authors, Christina and Lauren. So going back, yes! The characters were amazing! They felt so real and they were so well made that I can just hang out with them anytime. I do feel that the characters knew them personally. Like these characters really exist in real life. You know what I mean? This book will be laying out characters full of emotions and personalities. Characters with flaws and talents that will make you sad, happy and feel romantic.

August 12, 2018 – Finished Reading

August 10, 2018 –

page 106

26.04% "Realistic"

August 6, 2018 – Started Reading

January 26, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read

January 26, 2018 – Shelved 

Talking about the romance, the story as a whole was great. It was romantic, light and fun at the beginning. You will get this vibrant and colorful feel at the first few chapters. It is like the world in the book never encountered rain, for it always feel sunny, windy and it just makes you feel relax. The story then rises up as you get down to almost half of the book. Things now gets really interesting but it still has this complete attachment to the mood it laid at the first part. The story will definitely make you question a lot of things around you and makes you really appreciate the people in your life. The story offers readers a chance to experience how parents should take care of their children at worst and most uncomfortable times. This book will also make you appreciate your friends and really define the value of companionship, support system and trust.

The book also delivers impactful message not just to the mind of readers but to the soul of the society they are living in. The book gave me the same impact of what The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas gave me back in January. If THUG tackles issued like racism and police violence, this book by Christina and Lauren tackles the complicated life of people in LGBTQ community especially when religion starts to play.

This book was not just emotionally heavy to the readers but it is though provoking. It will really make you think of things around you and questions things that could probably become if loving was not ruled by anything. It will really make you question what loving is without bounds set by religion. It will make you question what loving is without pressures from expectations of the society.

This book really is a must read. If you are really looking for a happy, light, romantic, queer, thought provoking read with full of awesome characters and great writing style, then this must be the book you have been looking for!

Overall Rating: 9.9/10
Story: 10/10
Characters: 9.8/10
Entertainment: 9.8/10
Feels: 10/10
Overall Impact: 9.9/10

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