Aaron Harvey’s Reviews > What If It's Us > Status Update

Arthur is still not the best, but as we near the end I’m really enjoying the story.

Arthur has become infuriating. Like, he’s not entirely wrong in the way he’s feeling, but he’s also being irrational and not allowing any explanations so it’s infuriating reading about his reactions to things.

Both main characters continue to feel a little too alike so that the switches between their perspectives is a bit difficult to keep straight. And when they are clearly different Arthur’s character flaws are VERY obvious but never (thus far) called out or acknowledged by other characters, but ultimately I’m still really enjoying the book.

I’m trying very hard not to get ahead of myself, and to an extent it’s literally the point of it, but the chemistry of Ben and Arthur seems to have nosedived since they got in touch with one another. The overall charm has diminished too.

Seriously hoping Samantha sticks around for the entirety of the book (series) and/or gets some sort of spin-off.

My only real gripe with the book so far is that both Arthur and Ben feel a lot alike so sometimes I forget which one the chapter is about.

We stan supportive and open parents like Ben’s! Arthur’s try to be but have obvious problems of their own that gets in the way, but I’m really loving Ben’s parents.