Week 22 Review: Nick and Charlie

From Goodreads:

CHARLIE: "I have been going out with Nick Nelson for two years. He likes rugby, Formula 1, dogs, the Marvel universe, the sound felt-tips make on paper, rain and drawing on shoes. He also likes me."

NICK: "Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that's fine with us."

Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple – that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone's asking if they're staying together, which is a stupid question – they're "Nick and Charlie", for God's sake!

But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…

My Review:
This was such a great and heart-warming book! I just adore Nick and Charlie so much, and this time where Nick is finishing up at their shared school is about to go to university and Charlie still has another year, yeah, there was some drama happening.

I can get where Charlie is coming from, he's the one that is being left behind, while Nick is going off. But oh, the way that he went about things, bottling it up, not talking to Nick, until things come to a head when he's drunk at a party? Not the best move.

That everybody says they're "Nick and Charlie" that was kinda not great for them. Sure, they've basically got an adult relaitonship as teenagers, but they still are teenagers, who are just about to go long distance for the first time. Which is going to be an adjustment. 

Those pictures that Nick had been taking, the way that Charlie used them to get them communicating again after their fight, I really enjoyed that. Though this was the worst fight that they had, ultimately, going through it and coming through it stronger will be better for them in the long run, I'm thinking. 

Loved reading this book and I can't wait to read more by Alice Oseman! 

Author: Alice Oseman 
Series: Heartstopper #6.5, Solitaire #1.5, Osemanverse #8
Read: May 30th, 2024
Source: Ebook.bike  
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book! 
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Published: July 16th 2015

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars