Review Detail

Boy
Meets Boy is about an average sophomore teenager named Paul. Paul is like any other high school sophomore, except hes
gay, but most of the school is also. He has known it since
kindergarten when his teacher wrote it on his report card. Pauls
friend, Infinite Darlene, the cross-dressing quarterback and
homecoming queen, whos always getting into peoples business.
Joni, Pauls best friend, who may not even be a friend anymore.
Tony is Pauls other best friend who cant even leave his house
without his super religious parents knowing. Then theres Noah, the
boy who changes everything. Paul falls on love with Noah at a school
pep fest, but looses him when he is comforting his ex-boyfriend in a
tough situation. Paul works hard to get him back in time for the
school dance. David Levithan does a great job of creating a
hyper-realistic world of hate-free love and care. I enjoyed the book
because it included a lot of cheesy romantic humor, didn't bash gay
people like most other novels would on this subject, and it had a
strange atmosphere that was pleasing.

I
would rate the book 3.5 stars for being funny, but the story is
somewhat cliché, its the same as any other romantic comedy, other
then the fact that over half the people in the book are either gay or
gender confused.