Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

27 reviews

batchy's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder and Terminal illness

lonelylooper's review against another edition

challenging inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness

lalu's review

emotional funny lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was perfect! Exactly what I needed right now!

I wanted something lighthearted and all the side characters are so over-the-top in the best way possible so that was perfect. But also everything between Luc and Oliver was so so good and pure and ugh I love it! (probably helped that I'm newly in love myself)
And I'm honestly in awe of Hall's ability to make this not extremely cringy. So good! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

knockoffrainbow's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Cursing, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Body shaming

offbrandclubsoda's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cancer, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

kriti's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Homophobia

cady_sass's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Kinda shocked by all the glowing reviews? Lucien is a miserable, insufferable twat and Oliver deserves so much better. There’s not nearly enough character work done to convince me of why Oliver is into any of this. I get it, luc had a shit dad and it messed him up but you don’t get a free pass to be a dick forever because you have daddy issues. Get some therapy, my guy. There is some truly fantastic banter at times and nearly all the side characters are wonderful but it’s not enough to save it. 

Also, Lucien makes him a **bacon sandwich** after they make a point the WHOLE book to clearly say that Oliver doesn’t consume meat for moral/ethical reasons, and Oliver is just like “yeah gimme that bacon” ???? What is happening 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Cancer

annahamburger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Dysphoria, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Death

arnold_shelby's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Abandonment

alexelli's review

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Has a good plot, fake boyfriend to real boyfriend trope. Good character development, they developed individually and together. Building a relationship together but also building there own personal relationships. Luc’s friends get tossed to the side a lot, only being part of the story when he needs something from them. There is a lot of casual homophobia that they brush over. He will mention it in small call outs but doesn’t really stand up for himself or others. Let’s it happen and makes a small comment and moves on. Not comfortable as a queer person reading. The friends are mostly queer but it feels like a token queer friend stretched into a queer friend group that of course a gay guy would have. Also a weird toss in at the end about Oliver maybe having an eating disorder. Wouldn’t be as bad if more time had been taken to talk about this or if mental health was an overall theme but it seemed like a weird toss in of buzzwords. So overall a good plot but a lot of small issues with writing. Feels like a straight woman writing a straight story and changing the characters last minute. Good read, just not perfect.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Terminal illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Addiction

Minor: Toxic friendship, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness