Imogen, Obviously

by Becky Albertalli

English language

Published Jan. 2, 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-860733-3

(3 reviews)

Imogen Scott has questions…

Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down. She’s never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends: Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen’s biases in check, and Lili—newly out and thriving with a cool squad of queer college friends.

Imogen’s thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she’s finally visiting Lili on campus, she’s bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen’s all in.

Even if that means bending the truth, just a little.

Like when Lili drops a tiny, queer bombshell: She’s told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen’s a raging hetero—not even Lili’s good friend Tessa.

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Imogen Scott has questions…

Imogen’s thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she’s finally visiting Lili on campus, she’s bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen’s all in.

Even if that means bending the truth, just a little.

Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with….

2 editions

Enum & Valerie reviewed Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Amazing, obviously

5 stars

Okay, maybe not obviously. In fact, this is the first Albertalli book that I actually like. But it is amazing, and I've read it in just two days.

Oh, btw, from the beginning it looks like this is a cheap girl-stumbles-into-the-wrong-conversation-and-jumps-to-conclusions-and-throws-away-everything plot - don't worry, it's not. It's really not :3

I also loved all the references to other sapphic authors. Casey McQuiston is named explicitely many times, and Imogen has three copies of One Last Stop in her bookshelf. The teacher is called Ms Dugan. And the book is dedicated to Sophie Gonzales. I love stuff like this, it's so cute. It's what I usually read the Acknowledgements chapters for (which I love).

emmadilemma reviewed Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

On permanent record

5 stars

I read this some time ago, quietly gave it five stars, and slipped out the side door. I still am not in a position to explain my reasoning, but the hardback is nestled between I Kissed Shara Wheeler and One Last Stop.

LunaReadsBooks reviewed Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Good Message....weird writing choices

3 stars

I don't know... it did a very good job of demonstrating what being queer means to people and how its different for EVERY person but there was some small things that confused me a bit though, it was just clearly the writer trying to write more from her personal experience. There was also some things about different types of queer people that could be viewed as slightly insensitive. This just wasn't for me but it was still very interesting to read through Imogens journey.

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