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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

By: Becky Albertalli
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli, read by Michael Crouch.

Straight people should have to come out too. And the more awkward it is, the better.

Simon Spier is 16 and trying to work out who he is - and what he's looking for. But when one of his emails to the very distracting Blue falls into the wrong hands, things get all kinds of complicated. Because for Simon, falling for Blue is a big deal.... It's a holy freaking huge awesome deal.

©2015 Becky Albertalli (P)2017 Penguin Audio Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Literature & Fiction Young Adult Heartfelt Feel-Good

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This was already one of my favourite books ever, but the audio book is amazing!

Amazing!

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The narrator made me believe he was the character and he conveyed the emotions of a sweet story very nicely.

A new take on a coming out story; young love.

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Beautiful story that inspired me to come out myself. Narrator was a perfect fit to the book. Gripping right till the end.

Absolutely Amazing!

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My favourite audible listen yet! Fantastic story which really tugs the heart strings, ideal narration.

Awesome

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This book was adorable. I throughly enjoyed it. Couldn't recommend enough- read it! Trust me.

Utterly, devastatingly sweet.

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I'm not new to the gay scene from a straight point of view, I went through the high school coming out experience when my best friend did it and my sister is married to a woman so I kinda thought that I'd just be like, 'ok cool, whatever, no big deal, bit soppy and boring' after this story like I would be with any straight romance thing, and not find the novelty in the fact that there are not that many books of this type out there... but I'm so pleasantly happy and surprised by this novel. I actually listened to the whole thing pretty much in one sitting as I sat at my work desk today and in the roughly 6 hours I listened I laughed, cried, felt happy, angry, cute, upset and triumphant in that space of time - a rare feat for a book to truly bring out pretty much every emotion in a person especially in such a small space of time.
It's no kind of deep plot with twists and turns and shocking reveals (I'd worked it all out just past about half way) so if you're looking for something mega intense you're not gonna get it in a 6 hour highschool diary set up. But it was just right for something thought provoking, but uplifting and not too serious.
It ends perfectly, and I kinda want a second book just to get more info on how Simons life pans out going forward, but how it ends is pretty much how it should have and be left at that.
Also, the narrator is brilliant. He gets it just right so it doesn't feel like its being read and his tone of voice and delivery of funny bits is perfect.

Didn't expect to feel how I did at all

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Not bad a bad book, it’s cute story about being gay in high school. Was kinda expecting a bit more to happen in the story but it was decent, look forward to watching the film and compare

Pretty good, read this before watching the movie

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I watch the film on my way back from America and I loved it so when I saw the book on hear I thought why not and i enjoyed the book way more than i enjoyed the film.... not to say that I won't watch the film again! so if you watch the film and you liked it then I guarantee you will enjoy this book!

Such a good book!

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So I watched the film when it came out in cinemas. I was like “this is the best film I’ve ever watched!” I must’ve watched it at least 20 times. And then I was talking to my English teacher about it, and she said the book is really good. I had a credit so I thought I’d listen to it instead. And let me tell you, I don’t think a book has ever made me cry, laugh, grin, blush, swoon and relate so much in my entire life! This is way better than the film, and I 100% recommend for a good love story when you’re feeling down.

•the narrator’s voice is kind of annoying at first but you get used to it and it becomes super relaxing!

Oh. My. Freaking. Gosh.

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This character filled reading transports you to Simon’s soul, not just a retelling of thoughts, hopes and fears but a gentle window on to this teenagers soul. His angst and adolescent tantrums mixed with his warmth, adventure and eventual journey of self discovery is meaningful and believable. The only challenge is that you really don’t want the story to end.

Millennial storytelling at its best

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