The State of Us Audiolibro Por Shaun David Hutchinson arte de portada

The State of Us

 Vista previa
OFERTA POR TIEMPO LIMITADO

3 meses gratis
Prueba por $0.00
La oferta termina el 31 de julio, 2025 a las 11:59PM PT.
Elige 1 audiolibro al mes de nuestra colección inigualable.
Escucha todo lo que quieras de entre miles de audiolibros, Originals y podcasts incluidos.
Accede a ofertas y descuentos exclusivos.
Premium Plus se renueva automáticamente por $14.95/mes después de 3 meses. Cancela en cualquier momento.

The State of Us

De: Shaun David Hutchinson
Narrado por: Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam
Prueba por $0.00

$0.00/mes despues de 3 meses. La oferta termina el 31 de julio, 2025 a las 11:59PM PT. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Compra ahora por $24.29

Compra ahora por $24.29

Confirma la compra
la tarjeta con terminación
Cambiar método de pago
Al confirmar tu compra, aceptas las Condiciones de Uso de Audible y el Aviso de Privacidad de Amazon. Impuestos a cobrar según aplique.
Cancelar

"Dre and Dean have got my vote!" (Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay)

When Dean Arnault’s mother decided to run for president, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. But still, that doesn’t mean Dean wants to be part of the public spectacle that is the race for the White House - at least not until he meets Dre.

The only problem is that Dre Rosario's on the opposition; he’s the son of the Democratic nominee. But as Dean and Dre’s meetups on the campaign trail become less left to chance, their friendship quickly becomes a romantic connection unlike any either of the boys have ever known.

If it wasn’t hard enough falling in love across the aisle, the political scheming of a shady third-party candidate could cause Dean and Dre’s world to explode around them. It’s a new modern-day, star-crossed romance about what it really means to love your country - and yourself - from the acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and Brave Face, Shaun David Hutchinson.

©2020 Shaun David Hutchinson (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers LGBT Literatura y Ficción Romance
Todas las estrellas
Más relevante  
Mel was a bad friend for 95% of the book, and the parents were kinda unsympathetic, and a bit slow to start, but I like the way Dre wasn’t totally in to politics, and I also liked that Dean was. I thought that it was a good teen novel, but that it was a bit young to be set in their senior year.

Like it

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
There were many pros and cons to this book. The cons, however, heavily outweigh the bad. Heavily.
While being well written, as all of Hutchinson's novels are (which I highly suggest you check out - all of which are better than this), I don’t know which was worse: the predictability, Andre's voice actor, or the characters themselves. Probably Andre's voice actor, considering throughout the run time, I felt annoyed, I couldn't stop thinking about how much better the book would’ve been if I had just picked up a physical copy, which I probably would’ve exchanged the audiobook and done, if the story itself wasn't so investing.

Conflicted and annoyed

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
A little unrealistic in a few ways, but overall a really interesting look at differing views in a relationship and how people can grow

pretty good, but kinda simplified

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I didn’t like some of the voices like Mel’s voice was so annoying, and it made me not like her. But other than that, I really enjoyed it.

I really like the story it was silly

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Haven't even finished the book yet I'm not even halfway in. I just love the storyline of it, so far it's a great story and I would highly recommend it if your looking to expand your reading to your LGBTQ+ books

Blank:

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
I truly wished a number of times that I lived in this version of the world, but alas I can keep hoping that people will act with integrity some day.

Given recent political messes…this was a great escape…

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Right from the start this seemed like a ya version of Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. I wanted to like this book, I really did. But, the story was shallow and one of the main conflicts in the story, is totally unresolved by the end of the book. It seems like it was written by a white moderate left person and just seems very “fake woke”. While it mentions causes that are part of the liberal platform, it’s always presented as an “agreed to disagree” thing. Characters are mentioned or alluded to being black and Latinx, these traits have no real bearing on their characters place in the story or backgrounds and motivations so everyone just seems one dimensional. The star crossed lovers trope treats the political differences as secondary to “love conquers all” which just seems tone deaf given our current political climate and is a very privileged position to take. Finally, while foreshadowing is a perfectly valid literary device, and when done correctly let’s readers follow along and pick up clues on the future of the story, it was painfully obvious that the caricature of Musk/Bezos/Trump was the Real Badguy™️ and that the stories other conflicts would end in a very painfully predictable way. The book itself even describes it was “very Scooby Doo”. Maybe if I was 14 and reading this without any other queer literature as a frame of reference I would think it was good, but at the end of the book I was just left uninterested and feeling very meh about what I’d just read.

Shallow and Predictable

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
the concept of the story was good(starcrossed lovers)
However, the conflict between their parents and themselves weren't delivered well enough.
Their parents accepted them and so the ending was too perfect(it happened so quickly)
They went from helpless to triumphant in a matter of minutes.
I think it would have been a better story if..
1. their parents just REFUSED to agree
2.the result of their parent's election was related to their relationship
3. society looked at the couple differently
4.the couple took responsibility for doing something illegal
5. a long-distance relationship was better shown
6. the characters were better developed
(personally, I couldn't find the difference between the two character's personality except for the small ones)
So overall, not my book :(
would not recommend this.
Instead, I would recommend "Simon VS the homo sapiens agenda" or "red, white, and royal blue"

disappointing

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.