What If It's Us
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- Create Date：2022-06-03 08:54:20
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- Author：Becky Albertalli
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Summary
Arthur is only in New York for the summer， but if Broadway has taught him anything， it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it。
Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business。 If the universe had his back， he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things。
But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office， what exactly does the universe have in store for them？
Maybe nothing。 After all， they get separated。
Maybe everything。 After all， they get reunited。
But what if they can’t quite nail a first date 。 。 。 or a second first date 。 。 。 or a third？
What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work 。 。 。 and Ben doesn’t try hard enough？
What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play？
But what if it is？
Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business。 If the universe had his back， he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things。
But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office， what exactly does the universe have in store for them？
Maybe nothing。 After all， they get separated。
Maybe everything。 After all， they get reunited。
But what if they can’t quite nail a first date 。 。 。 or a second first date 。 。 。 or a third？
What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work 。 。 。 and Ben doesn’t try hard enough？
What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play？
But what if it is？
Reviews
Trent Bailey Pendleton
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3。5 stars。 The book was a little basic but the ending was unexpected。 Things don’t happen like this in real life so it was hard for me to read without scoffing。 I enjoyed the romance somewhat but I just couldn’t get on board with the story in general。
𝙻𝚒𝚓𝚊♡︎
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I won’t finnish it。
Mika Lin
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This just wasn’t the love story for me）:， but it was a easy read tho so that’s why the 3 stars。
Kim
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The Harry Potter and Hamilton references are so tiring to read。 I have no clue why authors are so determined to date their books by adding so many pop culture references that will be out of date within the year it's published。 Liking Hamilton and liking Harry potter are basically our main characters only character trait besides being overbearing。 The romance was weird because they have zero chemistry and there's an odd amount of fights and jealousy for only knowing each other for a month， where The Harry Potter and Hamilton references are so tiring to read。 I have no clue why authors are so determined to date their books by adding so many pop culture references that will be out of date within the year it's published。 Liking Hamilton and liking Harry potter are basically our main characters only character trait besides being overbearing。 The romance was weird because they have zero chemistry and there's an odd amount of fights and jealousy for only knowing each other for a month， where you should still be in the "this person is so great！！！" phase but they seem to skip over that completely。 Or maybe not completely because they had one awkward conversation at the post office and spend weeks trying to find each other after（？） The only thing they have in common seems to be liking guys。 One character isnt over his ex and is constantly going "he's so much shorter than my ex。 My ex would've done blank" and its exhausting。 OH and don't get me STARTED on the "do over first date" that they have 3 or 4 of。 If a guy told me that the first date wasn't perfect so we should do it over again until it was I would never be seeing him again that is so incredibly rude to even suggest to someone。 I can't believe I was supposed to find that cute and quirky that's just so mean。 。。。more
Mark Clar
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What happened to the ending？ 🥺I know that was the most logical and appropriate ending however， I just feel sad on what happened。 Hayst。
Vito
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Super cute！ Not sure what people think of the two mains， but Ben is far more likable than Arthur （or am I wrong？）
Savannah
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This is an LGBTQ+ book， both of the main characters Arthur and Benjamin （Ben）， are gay。 Both of the characters have unique personalities。 Arthur has a cute， quirky personality， but of course， some flaws like jealousy and his overreacting things。 Ben is a half puerto-rican who loves writing。 The book has an Alternate Point Of View， switching back and forth between the main characters。 I think while reading this book you fall in love with characters， and you wonder if they'll end up together。 I de This is an LGBTQ+ book， both of the main characters Arthur and Benjamin （Ben）， are gay。 Both of the characters have unique personalities。 Arthur has a cute， quirky personality， but of course， some flaws like jealousy and his overreacting things。 Ben is a half puerto-rican who loves writing。 The book has an Alternate Point Of View， switching back and forth between the main characters。 I think while reading this book you fall in love with characters， and you wonder if they'll end up together。 I definitely think this book is interesting and very detailed when it comes to authors likes and dislikes。 。。。more
Reka
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OMG cute story， adorable characters。 Huge shout out to the audiobook narrators， epic performance！
Cristina
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Cute！！！！
Mai-Anh
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Own on audio
Krystianna
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Unfortunately I wanted to love this book more than I did！ Review coming soon。
Famke
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Mooi en fijn dat het niet perfect gingGrappig en leuke dates
Jamie Koranda
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i liked the book and i thought it had a good ending… but there were 1 too many hamilton and star wars references i was cringing and dying the whole time reading it
Dan
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Eu simplesmente não esperava esse final。 E não gostei！ Sei que é o mais próximo possível da realidade e do que acontece， mas eu não leio livros pelo realismo， quero coisas improváveis e finais impossíveis。 Mas o que esperar do autor de Os Dois Morrem no Final além de lágrimas， não é？Foi um livro divertido e gostei muito de ler。 Gostei de sentir vergonha alheia do Arthur na maioria dos POVs dele e me identifiquei muito com o Ben em vários aspectos。 O livro só não leva cinco estrelas pelo final se Eu simplesmente não esperava esse final。 E não gostei！ Sei que é o mais próximo possível da realidade e do que acontece， mas eu não leio livros pelo realismo， quero coisas improváveis e finais impossíveis。 Mas o que esperar do autor de Os Dois Morrem no Final além de lágrimas， não é？Foi um livro divertido e gostei muito de ler。 Gostei de sentir vergonha alheia do Arthur na maioria dos POVs dele e me identifiquei muito com o Ben em vários aspectos。 O livro só não leva cinco estrelas pelo final sem sal que， sinceramente， foi desnecessário。 Tanta fantasia de Universo e destino pra no final ser isso？ Sei não， viu。 。。。more
Isi
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I honestly hated every second of reading this book and when I finally finished it I thought “This was a great book”Don’t ask me to explain， this is simply how I felt
Jimmy Nguyen
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This review may have a spoiler。。。 I almost never listen to teenage or high school aged romances， as it makes me feel icky。。。 But what I did do instead was take myself back to that age and relive the feelings instead。Ben & Arthur were two teens that embody almost every lgbtqia+ teen that maybe have met someone who might have the ability to change their lives， and it's written so well to be any one of us in any scenario in our lives。I enjoyed the book from beginning to end， loved all the side char This review may have a spoiler。。。 I almost never listen to teenage or high school aged romances， as it makes me feel icky。。。 But what I did do instead was take myself back to that age and relive the feelings instead。Ben & Arthur were two teens that embody almost every lgbtqia+ teen that maybe have met someone who might have the ability to change their lives， and it's written so well to be any one of us in any scenario in our lives。I enjoyed the book from beginning to end， loved all the side characters， and even though there was no official HEA， I was still satisfied with how the two ended up。Froy and Noah do an excellent job at narrating both their parts and their friends' too。 。。。more
Luis Angel Careaga
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Tardé muchísimo tiempo haciendo esta lectura。 Varias veces la dejaba porque no lograba conectar con los protagonistas （Ben y Arthur）; sin embargo， siempre existía algo que me provocaba querer saber cómo terminaba la historia de estos dos chicos que el universo los unió durante el verano。Debo decir que aunque no me encantó， me parece un buen libro para entretenerse， reír un poco （o mucho si disfrutas de las referencias）， y sobre todo， para enamorarte en verano。El final me dejó el corazón un poco Tardé muchísimo tiempo haciendo esta lectura。 Varias veces la dejaba porque no lograba conectar con los protagonistas （Ben y Arthur）; sin embargo， siempre existía algo que me provocaba querer saber cómo terminaba la historia de estos dos chicos que el universo los unió durante el verano。Debo decir que aunque no me encantó， me parece un buen libro para entretenerse， reír un poco （o mucho si disfrutas de las referencias）， y sobre todo， para enamorarte en verano。El final me dejó el corazón un poco blandito 🥺。 。。。more
Len
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pretty good I thinks
StygianRuler✨
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I thought this was going to be a good book。 It wasn't。To start， I'm slightly uncomfortable with how teenagers were portrayed in this book。 Like， it's clear a grown woman wrote this book with how the characters interact with each other。 Next， Arthur is so immature that he shouldn't even be in a relationship。 He gets jealous over 2 people who used to be in a relationship just talking when he knows that Hudson cheated on Ben to begin with。 Finally， idgaf about any of them。 I thought this was going to be a good book。 It wasn't。To start， I'm slightly uncomfortable with how teenagers were portrayed in this book。 Like， it's clear a grown woman wrote this book with how the characters interact with each other。 Next， Arthur is so immature that he shouldn't even be in a relationship。 He gets jealous over 2 people who used to be in a relationship just talking when he knows that Hudson cheated on Ben to begin with。 Finally， idgaf about any of them。 。。。more
Lieve
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I really loved the book， there is only not much happening。 That is okay because sometimes you need to read a book like that。 This time I needed that， but not always
ven loewen
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4。5 stars。 i got so attached to the characters but i had a hard time telling the difference between arthur and ben's pov。 id re read it over and id sell my soul to be able to read it over again for the first time<3 4。5 stars。 i got so attached to the characters but i had a hard time telling the difference between arthur and ben's pov。 id re read it over and id sell my soul to be able to read it over again for the first time<3 。。。more
Grace Arthur
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 IF THEY DONT END UP TOGETHER I SWEAR I WILL THROW THE BOOKS！ —and this one is a library book and Mallory will hurt me if I throw it。
Kai
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so good， I loved it！
Shelby
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The characters act like teenagers。 Lots of swearing and some off screen sex。 Sort of vaguely dips into issues of race and homophobia。 Probably better for high school。
Haley
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Wholesome。 Heartfelt。 Realistic。 Dreamlike。 I can't wait to read the sequel！ Wholesome。 Heartfelt。 Realistic。 Dreamlike。 I can't wait to read the sequel！ 。。。more
Madi
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This book was average。 Some parts were really good but others weren’t。 The characters together were cute， but sometimes I didn’t really like their personalities。
Summer Vega
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Loved the first 40% but then didn’t like the way the story went and how un likable the characters became （I think it would work for the intended reading audience though）
Mateusz
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Light read。 Nothing special but quite nice。
Carlotta Harold
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I LOVED THIS BOOK！！ it had me giggling and grinning SO much。 it was awkward and messy and hilarious and perfect。 also， dylan is literally my favorite person in the world。
karenbee
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This is one of those times where using my stars to express my enjoyment instead of using them to render a verdict on the book's quality bites me in the ass， because I enjoyed the heck out of What If It's Us while I was reading it but I jusssst cannot bring myself to give it five stars even though in the moment I WAS having five stars worth of fun。 Same dilemma I face with things like Emily in Paris。But while I was reading What If It's Us， it was so fluffy and easy to read and harmlessly angsty a This is one of those times where using my stars to express my enjoyment instead of using them to render a verdict on the book's quality bites me in the ass， because I enjoyed the heck out of What If It's Us while I was reading it but I jusssst cannot bring myself to give it five stars even though in the moment I WAS having five stars worth of fun。 Same dilemma I face with things like Emily in Paris。But while I was reading What If It's Us， it was so fluffy and easy to read and harmlessly angsty and I loved all the pop culture references that will be SO dated in 10 years （if not sooner） and the side characters actually had things going on， unlike the book I read just before this 。 。 。 I had so much fun that I read the sequel as soon as I'd finished this one。 In the end I wasn't fully sold on the romantic relationship， but it was cute anyway。 A better audience would be on the younger end of YA， I think。 。。。more
Reference
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hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=What If It's Us&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,What If It's Us&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0