Written by: Steven Gellman
Genre: YA LGBTQ+
Format: 🎧
4/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Synopsis
Coming out is hard, especially when you have two gay moms. At least it is for Simon Bugg. It’s Simon’s senior year and his world just turned upside down. When his mom scores a dream job, Simon lands at a new school away from the only friends he has ever known. Now, his mom is overworked and chronically stressed, and his deadbeat dad is back on the scene. Navigating a new school and new friends is a challenge for a neurotic overthinker, and Simon finds himself turning to his rescue cat and a local barista for support.
Review
Somewhere In Nowhere is a beautifully written piece which places the reader into the world of Simon and takes you on their life changing journey of coming to terms with who they are.
The character experiences so much throughout the read and I felt that the way in which Gellman was able to capture the confusion of navigating love, sexuality, and family dynamics as a teenager moving towards adulthood were handled beautifully.
This read will hit you in the feels. I found myself being overjoyed in multiple chapters, sad and brought to tears in a cluster of others (sorry to the woman who had to sit next to me on the train ride where I ended up crying - but thank you for checking on me) and was rage filled at two specific chapters which I annoyingly can’t speak much about without giving away spoilers.
This is a true testament to the brilliant writing as I found myself fully immersed within the story telling.
Somewhere In Nowhere, is a read which packs a hard-hitting emotional punch and for me was a great debut from the author. I very much look forward to their next.
Written by: Steven Gellman
Genre: YA LGBTQ+
Format: 🎧
4/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Synopsis
Coming out is hard, especially when you have two gay moms. At least it is for Simon Bugg. It’s Simon’s senior year and his world just turned upside down. When his mom scores a dream job, Simon lands at a new school away from the only friends he has ever known. Now, his mom is overworked and chronically stressed, and his deadbeat dad is back on the scene. Navigating a new school and new friends is a challenge for a neurotic overthinker, and Simon finds himself turning to his rescue cat and a local barista for support.
Review
Somewhere In Nowhere is a beautifully written piece which places the reader into the world of Simon and takes you on their life changing journey of coming to terms with who they are.
The character experiences so much throughout the read and I felt that the way in which Gellman was able to capture the confusion of navigating love, sexuality, and family dynamics as a teenager moving towards adulthood were handled beautifully.
This read will hit you in the feels. I found myself being overjoyed in multiple chapters, sad and brought to tears in a cluster of others (sorry to the woman who had to sit next to me on the train ride where I ended up crying - but thank you for checking on me) and was rage filled at two specific chapters which I annoyingly can’t speak much about without giving away spoilers.
This is a true testament to the brilliant writing as I found myself fully immersed within the story telling.
Somewhere In Nowhere, is a read which packs a hard-hitting emotional punch and for me was a great debut from the author. I very much look forward to their next.
