Boy Meets Boy Kindle Edition

This book came up on a list of 'Short Books to Read to Bump Up Your Reading Challenge Total'.I'll be honest here, I'm starting to get slightly obsessed with my 100 book challenge. I did the same challenge last year, but got sidetracked around May by reading Pillars of the Earth, a damn fine book, but so long I literally thought I'd die of old age before I managed to finish it. I still blame Pillars of the Earth for the fact that I didn't go out on New Year's Eve. (I spent nearly whole of the 31st December 2014 curled up on my sofa, reading feverishly, desperate to meet my book quota. Am I proud of myself? Why yes, I am.)So anyway, when Boy Meets Boy came up on my radar I decided to give it a go. It was £2.99 on Kindle which is more than I usually tend to pay for a book, especially one which only exists as a set of binary code, but the lure of being ahead of the game on my reading challenge proved too much.The plot is centered around a boy called Paul, a gay teenager who meets an entrancing boy called Noah. Noah captivates him totally and the rest of the book deals with how Paul, Noah and their diverse bunch of friends navigate the world and their own love lives. It kind of helps that they live in a town that sounds a lot like Brighton; lesbian, gay, bi, straight, transgender - everyone lives together in perfect harmony.There's a brilliant cast of characters from the star quarterback, a six-foot-four crossdresser called Infinite Darlene, to the Joy Scouts (used to be the Boy Scouts, but Boy Scouts wouldn't let gays join) and Boy Meets Boy is a lovely book. David Levithan captures perfectly the heart-wrenching feelings of falling freshly in love with someone and what it means to have beautiful, supportive friends.If I have a criticism, it's that the book is slightly too saccharine-sweet for me. It left me thinking of that old Coke ad from the 70s. The dark, twisted cynic in me would have preferred some more heartaches, dilemmas and so on to keep things interesting, but perhaps that says as much about me as it does about David Levithan. Don't get me wrong - the book deals with issues (confusion over sexuality, parents who find homosexuality morally repugnant), but everything seems to get wrapped up neatly by the end of the book in a big sparkly bow.Having said this, Levithan is a complete master writer. I gave this book 7/10 on my blog, but I've rounded up for here.

I loved this book. The premise, that the hero had not had trouble coming out, and lived in a town where being gay or straight, bi or whatever was totally acceptable, and a drag queen was also a football hero, was excellent. Instead this is a more straightforward love story, where you really get to concentrate on character and the emotions of the people rather than the whole issue of whether someone is going to come out, and if they are, what everyone is going to think. The story was very sweet. The characters were excellent and if I were in a school with older readers I would order this for the school library in a heartbeat. As it is, the material is a little too sophisticated for primary aged readers, but would be perfect for twelve and overs.

Recommended to me by a friend, this isn't the type of book I normally read. Now it is one of my favourite books of all time.A beautifully crafted story that follows "Paul" a boy in his late teens as he discovers "Noah", the new guy in town. It is a well crafted story set in a very accessible world. Paul is accompanied by a plethora of colourful characters from drag queen, all star quarterback "Infinite Darlene" to the quiet, Christian boy "Tony".This is one of the few books that I have finished reading and wished that I could have it erased from my memory, simply so I could discover the book all over again.A story of love, loss and being young, this book has a lot of heart.Xx

Would have liked less school stuff and more romance. It was such a lovely connection between the boys.

There is no better writer of great teen and young adult fiction, not even John Green. This book is superb. It raises so many issues which are relevant in the lives of young people today. Teachers, encourage your kids to read the books of this author. I cannot praise David Levithan enough.

I really wanted to love this book... But I didn't. This book is quite easy to read the problem is that it doesn't make sense most of the time. For example, the main character finds out that he is gay when he is 5 years old. How you may ask??! He READS a note sent by his kindergarten teacher to his parents where the woman basically tells them he is super gay. What?!!? NO. Just no!You can't read when you're 5 years old. It could have been amazing.

A beautifully written YA novel with much to say to adults. Teen love feels the same, regardless of gender or identity. I loved the fact that this story is set in what seems to be an ideal place where such differences don't matter much. Very cool, very well observed, very readable. Highly recommended!

This book was really cute and funny and I liked that it focused on the relationships between the main character (Paul) and his friends as well as the relationship between him and Noah. I also really liked the way all of the characters were written and Levithan's writing style in general.

Beautiful words woven into a beautiful story. Pauls world is the one I want for my boys. It doesn't feel real because most of our world isn't at that point yet. I want their gayness to be as normal as blonde hair or brown eyes. We'll get there, but we're not there yet, and in the meantime we'll keep reading David Levithan books, because they make our boys brave, they make them feel normal and they give us parents insight.

El estado del producto es perfecto, esta en muy buen estado.Y con respecto al libro, lo compre a siegas sin saber si de verdad me gustaria o no, pero de verdad que es muy bueno, hubieron escenas en las que tuve que cerrar el libro para reirme o para pasar el sentimiento de ternura. Se lo recomiendo a todos

Si no me hubiera puesto como objetivo del mes de enero leer este libro, probablemente lo habría dejado abandonado.Me pareció aburrido en muchas partes, pero para pasar el rato está bien, supongo. La narración es fluida y es fácil de leer.Rescato lo normal que es el colectivo lgbt+ en el libro para la mayoría de los personajes aunque los personajes trataban todos de ser SÚPER únicos de una forma que no terminó de convencerme, y el final pues: meh. La verdad ya no recuerdo mucho.

Ich war durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit John Green auf David Levithan aufmerksam geworden und bestellte mir deshalb auch dieses Buch.Wenn man mit den richtigen Erwartungen an die Lektüre herangeht, erwartet einen jede Menge Freude an dem Buch.Die Geschichte ist nicht tiefgründig, Homophobie oder ähnliches wird nicht wirklich behandelt, da das Buch in einer fiktiven, "perfekten" Stadt spielt.Vermutlich wählte der Autor diese Perspektive aber bewusst, um schwulen, lesbischen oder bisexuellen Jugendlichen auch mal das zu bieten, was Hetoros in Überzahl bekommen: eine nette, feel-good Romanze ohne viel drum herum!Mir gefällt das Buch sehr und ich würde es vor allem als kurze Urlaubslektüre oder als Geschenk für homo/bisexuelle Jugendliche weiterempfehlen!

Un libro muy fácil de leer, que ahonda en las diferentes situaciones a las que puede enfrentarse un joven homosexual: aceptación, salir del closet, problemas familiares, la primera relación, el noviazgo, las amistades. Lo recomiendo ampliamente. Realmente disfruté el amor entre Paul y Noah.El libro llegó en excelentes condiciones.

the book is lovely and let you live in a world where homophobia and hate against sexual minorities does not play a role! the main character is intelligent and the narrative is well structured. Lovely book.

Das Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Die Welt, in der der Protagonist lebt, ist im Grunde eine utopische Welt. Dennoch - oder vielleicht auch deshalb - ist die romantische Geschichte sehr berührend und hat Tiefgang. Für Jugendliche und Erwachsene unterhaltsam.

Great book. Story ended too quick. :( Confusing and hard to read in the beginning, but wished the story continued by the end...

Muy buena calidad y contenido muy bueno

Lo busque en muchas librerias y porfin lo encontré aqui, me gusto mucho que llegara con su plástico protector lo cual agradesco.

Excelente libro y solo quiero leerlo una y otra vez

Excelent conditions and fast delivery! Very happy!!

Great

This novel was kindof very light natured, full of positive feelings and just fabulous novel. I loved it.

Un excelente libro, maravilloso. Una extraordinaria forma de narrar una historia, super recomendable si quieres recordar la adolescencia y los primeros amores.