9/14/12

Back in college, one of my friends suggested a book for me to read. Since he was someone who has a good taste in everything, I decided to look for the book. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a copy at any bookstore. Fast forward a few years later, I finally got a copy of the book, just in pdf form but that doesn't matter.

The book is called Boy Meets Boy and it is written by David Levithan who wrote Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. This book has always been on the back of my mind as one of my must-find books to read so I was excited to read it.

If the title isn't already a giveaway, the story is about an openly gay boy named Paul meeting Noah and instantly forms a connections with each other. It's not a simple love story as he faces problems that other teenagers experience. For instance, the parents of his best friend Tony, who is also gay, is very religious and has a hard time accepting their son's predicament. His other friend, Joni, fell in love with a jock who is known to be violent and also causes jealousy towards her ex-boyfriend, Ted whom she has dated 12 times. Those are just some issues we see unfold in the book. What I like about this book is that even though this was published in 2003, the author tried to break away from certain stereotypes and faced homosexuality as if there is nothing wrong to talk about it. Yes, this was before queer characters on TV were considered as cool.

I also like how every character is written and has their own problems. The only thing I did not like in the book is how it ended with Joni's character still with her boyfriend who doesn't even have a redeeming quality in the book.

In the book, there was a love triangle between Paul, Noah and Paul's ex-boyfriend, Kyle. I like how it ended which you have to find out for yourself and the things that happened before that final resolution.

I somehow want this book to be written to a movie. I can see this as a similar movie to Perks of a Wallflower which is also a good book which will have its movie version shown in a few weeks, something that I'm looking out for.

I'm still on the hunt for this book. I want to have a physical copy of this. I already downloaded pdf files of Levithan's other works and I can't wait to read them.