Yes No Maybe So
Ratings20
Average rating3.5
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Ratings20
Average rating3.5
A book about the power of love and resistance from New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed. YES Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate--as long as he's behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let's face it, speaking at all to almost anyone) Jamie's a choke artist. There's no way he'd ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes...until he meets Maya. NO Maya Rehman's having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now her parents are separating. Why her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing--with some awkward dude she hardly knows--is beyond her. MAYBE SO Going door to door isn't exactly glamorous, but maybe it's not the worst thing in the world. After all, the polls are getting closer--and so are Maya and Jamie. Mastering local activism is one thing. Navigating the cross-cultural crush of the century is another thing entirely.
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a solid 3.5 stars!
I really enjoyed how Maya & Jaime's friendship slowly developed into a romance. I liked both Maya and Jaime, especially the fact that Jaime was not your stereotypical uber-masculine love interest. I also liked the political & social discussions in here!
my major complaint with this was how quickly Maya seemed to completely switch her beliefs. all throughout the story, it was made known that her parents do not want her dating/kissing/canoodling with anyone & she seems to agrees with them. very quickly this goes away & she's making out with Jaime in a dressing room IDK that part just moved a lil fast for me and I wish Maya stuck to her beliefs more or it at least showed her changing her mind. I realllly did not like the arguing at the end because I felt like it could have been easily avoided, even though I understood both sides. I also thought this was a bit long for a contemporary.
TLDR - fun & cute, nice political commentary, minor issues!
short n sweet wholesome romance. wasnt terrible, but ive read better. a huge complaint for me would be the conflict at the end that all romance books need, it was terrible lol like i understand mayas reaction but why tf did that damage their relationship?? also sophie fuckin sucks holy shit shes annoying
other than that it was aight
music listened to: Dragon Roost Island from Wind Waker !
time taken to read: 4 hours !
They described their emotional really well like it was in a romance movie.
