Nick and Charlie
- Alice Oseman
- Albany, WA
- November 17, 2022
GOODREADS BOOK BLURB:
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?
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 …
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 …
SERIES / GENRES:
FIRST WORDS:
As Head Boy of Truham Grammar School, I’ve done many things. I got drunk on the wine at parents’ evening. I’ve been photographed with the mayor three times. I once accidentally made a Year 7 cry.
But none of that was quite as bad as having to stop everyone in Year 13 from enjoying their final day of school, which is what our head teacher, Mr Shannon, is trying to make me do right now.
It’s probably worth mentioning that my boyfriend of two years, Nick Nelson, is one of those Year 13s.
But none of that was quite as bad as having to stop everyone in Year 13 from enjoying their final day of school, which is what our head teacher, Mr Shannon, is trying to make me do right now.
It’s probably worth mentioning that my boyfriend of two years, Nick Nelson, is one of those Year 13s.
MY REVIEW:
solid, good read:
☆☆☆☆☆ 4/5
There isn’t much to say about Nick and Charlie that isn’t in the title. A much too short check-in to see the status of this couple before Nick heads off to university. But everything will be okay – they’re Nick and Charlie.
Incredibly touching, Oseman does a great job showing the maturity of this very teenage relationship. Nick may be eighteen, but they started dating when Charlie was 14, and two years is a long time in high school. They’re basically an old married couple, and it isn’t until others around them start questioning it that they become concerned. Is this normal? What should they be doing? Will long-distance actually work for them?
I’m glad Oseman didn’t ignore Charlie’s history but also didn’t pretend everything was perfect. Things are definitely better, but nothing is forgotten or brushed under the rug. Well, Michael is. What happened to him? Tori was around enough that I kept hoping for at least a mention of him…
I miss the Heartstopper series, but I think it’s still a while until volume 5 (the last one!) comes out, and Nick and Charlie is a nice stopgap. I don’t know where the graphic novel will fall in this timeline, but I’m looking forward to its release.
Incredibly touching, Oseman does a great job showing the maturity of this very teenage relationship. Nick may be eighteen, but they started dating when Charlie was 14, and two years is a long time in high school. They’re basically an old married couple, and it isn’t until others around them start questioning it that they become concerned. Is this normal? What should they be doing? Will long-distance actually work for them?
I’m glad Oseman didn’t ignore Charlie’s history but also didn’t pretend everything was perfect. Things are definitely better, but nothing is forgotten or brushed under the rug. Well, Michael is. What happened to him? Tori was around enough that I kept hoping for at least a mention of him…
I miss the Heartstopper series, but I think it’s still a while until volume 5 (the last one!) comes out, and Nick and Charlie is a nice stopgap. I don’t know where the graphic novel will fall in this timeline, but I’m looking forward to its release.
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