Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda

The book I read for the first quarter was Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda. This is a young-adult fiction novel by Becky Albertalli and it is 303 pages long. The story centers around Simon Spier a teen who has a seems to have a pretty great life. He has a good family, friends, and a bright future. One thing that no one knows about him is that he is gay. Simon never felt that he needed to "come out" because it was not a big deal and it wasn't fair. Over the course of the book he starts secretly  talking to someone online who is also gay. They form a close friendship and potential feelings for each other, but they are too scared find out who each other is because then the whole world would know. Well someone finds out about them and blackmails Simon threatening to tell everyone about his secret life.

I really enjoyed this book mainly because of how relatable the main character, Simon, was. Even if you have not gone through the same experiences as him the author really displays his emotions in a way that makes you know exactly how he is feeling. The main character becomes so relatable that I would catch myself rooting for him, and hurting for him during heartbreak. The writing was pretty simplistic but not in a bad way: the words might have been simple but the  author intelligently uses this language to show a perspective that many people would not think they could connect with.