| The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli |

Operation stop worrying about rejection.

Operation be less careful.

Operation it's good for me.

PAGES: 226 (Ebook)
SYNOPSIS: The story of Molly Peskin, a girl who had 26 unrequited love.

RATING: 3.8/5

REVIEW: 
After reading this, I enjoyed it. The writing was beautiful. There were many lines that I liked. However after thinking about it, there was an issue of how much nothing really happened all throughout the book. I mean, sure, it's a contemporary book and the plot of most contemporary book isn't all that complicated, but this one spent so many parts where Molly whined about her life. On the other hand, I still liked seeing how things unfolded. I was curious as to what would happen with Molly's life. Molly was kind of relatable with her unrequited crushes. There's also the fact that I love how close she is with her family. Pat and Nadine are wonderful mothers. I also loved Reid. He was cute and adorable. Abby was also a wonderful character and friend. Plus, I love the fact that there is a diverse set of characters in this book. 

• I haven't read Simon VS the Homo Sapiens Agenda (I've tried) so I wasn't able to connect why Simon, Abby's new best friend, made some minor appearances. Although, he was pretty adorable on the scenes that he appeared in.
• I love the family relationship. Pat and Nadine were very involved in their children's life and it was fun seeing parents interact with their children in a book. They were supportive of their children's happiness and they managed to be a proper parent for them. They were open but they also got angry when their child disobeyed them.
• I absolutely adored Pat and Nadine together. They were pretty adorable. I love that their marriage is the main event for the ending. 
• I love how everyone that knows about Olivia and Evan seemed pretty annoyed at Evan. Even Nadine. Evan is such an asshole though for saying and doing what he did to Olivia.
  

  "Hey," pipes Nadine, "don't let her bring that Schulmeister kid. They're still broken up, right? Because I do not need my doorstep darkened by that little shitwiper on my wedding day. Nope to the nope."

• I love the sibling relationship between Cassie and Molly. They had their issues but they managed to understand what each other was going through at the end and forgive each other for the wrong things that they have said and done. I love how much support they have given each other at some parts.
• I really wanted the book to end with Reid and Molly dancing. I wanted to see them dance.
• I really did not feel that Will liked Molly. I just thought he flirted a lot. I agree with what happened on their side but I did not see it coming when Will admitted that he was in love with Mina.
• I really loved Reid and Molly together. I love how open they are with each other. They were able to talk to each other with ease. They had fun together and it was pretty adorable. 
• I disliked the part when Molly was thinking bad of Olivia when she thought that Olivia and Reid liked each other. Sure it was heartbreaking for her but I really felt bad because she was kind of backstabbing Olivia (even if it's just in her mind). I was glad that Molly regretted her thoughts towards Olivia near the end.
• I love how Cassie and their parents defended Molly when their grandmother was insulting Molly for being fat. I felt that it was unfair because I really did not think that Molly was fat. Humans shouldn't be judged by their body sizes. 
• I liked that even though Abby was far away from her Molly, she was the one who was able to make Molly admit that she liked Reid. Abby was a pretty wonderful best friend even though they weren't together.

FAVORITE QUOTES: 

I've never told anyone this-not my moms, not even Cassie-but that's the thing I'm most afraid of. Not mattering. Existing in a world that doesn't care who I am. It's this whole other level of aloneness.

I know this doesn't exactly make me unique, but I love the internet. I love it. I think the way I feel about the internet is the way some people feel about the ocean. It's so huge and unknowable, but also totally predictable. You type a line of symbols and click enter, and everything you want to happen, happens.

"Your bastard children are very happy for you."
"Oh my God! We won't be bastards anymore," I say.
"Aww, you guys will always be our bastards."

"So, maybe I should let my heart break, just to prove that my heart can take it. Or at the very least, I need to stop being so fucking careful."

"But there's this awfulness that comes when a guy thinks you like him. It's as if he's fully clothed and you're naked in front of him. It's like your heart suddenly lives outside your body, and whenever he wants, he can reach out and squeeze it. Unless he happens to like you back."

"I'm telling you: life is too short for this bullshit."

"And sometimes that's just what happens. People grow apart."

"There's just something terrifying about admitting you like someone. In a way, it's actually easier when there's no chance of anything happening. But there's this threshold where things suddenly become possible. And then your cards are on the table. And there you are, wanting, right out in the open."

"Yeah, the waiting sucks. Especially when you start feeling like it's never going to happen."

"But you know, there's an upside here. Because when you spend so much time just intensely wanting something, and then you actually get the thing? It's magic."

I can't quite articulate the sweetness of that feeling.
It's finding out the door you were banging on is finally unlocked. Maybe it was unlocked the whole time.