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 3.5/5 
 Review: Primarily, The Upside of Unrequited reached me a couple of months ago on Goodreads. A lot of people seemed to love this book. Well, I thought that I might pick it up because a). that's what I do with hyped books b). it's Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, duhhh. So, I went into this book, didn't really know what I was expecting, I think it really was an enjoyable read although I didn't agree with some aspects of the book. 
 This book is about a girl named Molly, who has never kissed anyone and has twenty-six crushes but never dates. She has a twin sister who kisses and tells, which is the absolute opposite from Molly. Ever since her twin started dating, the two drift away from each other while Molly tries not to be 'too careful'. 
 From first page to the last, I really enjoyed the writing. It really was adorable and cute and quirky that always made me internally laugh and my heart flutter. Moreover, this book was such an easy read, which I know most contemporaries are, but I wouldn't pick up contemporary if not for a writing like this one. I liked the narration and the dialogue was humorous. 
 While liking the narration and writing, I doubted that it should be wasted on a character thinking that she wanted love so much. Most of this book was about Molly trying to find love and how she was always careful and shit. Like, I get it, so don't say that all the time. Despite that, I thought the book gave me different kinds of emotions, from frustratingly angry to giggling 12-year-old to annoyingly pained. I was so euphoric when Becky Albertalli added a pansexual character in, LGBTQ characters, AND legalized gay marriage in America (made me nostalgic because I was so so so over the moon that moment). I am utterly sure that the message in this book is learning to accept and love your body and figuring out what first love feels like, I thought it was incredible. I also thought that she did an amazing job of surpassing the basic, narrow-minded opinions in the argumentative topics that were discussed. For example: 
 "I mean, I think people have this mentality that sex is only real if it involves a penis." 
 I and the female protagonist have some things in common, we're both Sagittarius, introverted, and had a lot of crushes before having our first boyfriends. Other than that, I can't relate to her. She kept herself quiet even through her tough times or even body-shaming from her grandmother (I am more of like Cassie in that situation, to be honest). I didn't really understand why she wanted to have a boyfriend that bad. I wanted more of a Cassie from her and whatever she did felt predictable because of her 'innocent good girl' personality. Fine. There's a scene where she said fuck you to body-shaming and ah it felt great. 
 Overall: This book is absolutely worth reading and entertaining and adorable as hell. It discussed about a lot of topics in there and it's totally convenient to read. Even though I don't like the characters that much, I think that anyone who loves adorable contemporary would love it.