Welcome to the first episode of an unpopular opinion. On todays episode we discuss why Im not raving about the Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, or Love, Simon as its more widely known as.

I watched the movie first when it came out on the big screen. And I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it so when a year later I was searching for a book and found Love, Simon instead. I remembered the general storyline of the movie but couldn’t remember details so thought it would be perfect to read seeing as I enjoyed the movie.

Lets start with the Synopsis; Simon is a 16 year old ordinary high school student who shares a secrete with an anonymous high school student who signs his emails ‘Blue.’ The two start emailing about their secrete and develop more than just a friendship through a screen until someone gets a hold of Simons emails and uses them to blackmail him.  

The important message behind both the book and the movie is sharing the story of what it is like coming out to your friends/family. As a straight person I will never know how nerve racking and scary it can be telling people you’re gay. This story shows me the insides of that and the importance understanding it.

Now, as you can tell I really like the message/storyline/Simon. But my unpopular opinion is I didn’t like the book. Having watched the movie first and then picking up the book from the Young Adult section I was excited. I love a good, easy, simple read. But this one was just written way too young for me. In which is a positive and a negative. It was the first time I’d picked up a book and noticed the language was a little too young, the words were simplified and the storyline was basic. In saying that once I’d got past how simplified the book was I really liked the storyline. It made me itch to watch the movie afterwards and I loved seeing the differences. In fact in some cases I enjoyed the way the book originally played out the storylines of some characters. The only issue is, I wouldn’t read the book again nor recommend it to peers, more like someone’s little sister/brother. But I would wholeheartedly recommend the movie. 

The book Is very much written for a 13/14 year old rather than most young adults which cater from 13-30 depending on your reading preference. The language used in this book and the style of writing didn’t fit to my reading style, but it wasn’t going to stop me from reading the book I just felt a bit sad that the older generation couldn’t enjoy the message as much. But I did take it as good reference for my own writing so that’s a positive.

Now if you know me or have read my blog for a while you will know im not one to say I preferred a movie over a book. I’m a bookie, I love a good read and I love reading. So I even shocked myself when I was recommending people to watch the movie over reading the book as it was just too young.

Don’t get me wrong the message is still very important something that has needed to be shared for a while and I still enjoyed the book, just wasn’t what I expected.

What was your opinion on Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda vs Love Simon?