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halynah's review against another edition
4.0
Rather good, hilarious read! The story of a girl, who because of lack of experience and comparison thought, that the world spins around one particular boy. I enjoyed the characters - especially Amy and Dom's grandma, it was fun with Wes's fixation on the dog, but not on Dom, whereas she was devoted to him. The author showed the difference between girl's and boy's ways of thinking. I liked Dom's relationships with her parents. Good book!
rjdenney's review against another edition
4.0
BOOK THOUGHTS (video version) coming to my channel next month.
katiebookqueen's review against another edition
3.0
This one is like a modern day version of Forever by Judy Blume, just not as good. There are some funny moments though.
epeolatrist's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I found Anatomy of a Boyfriend when I was 15 in my public library. Of course, as a curious teenager, it interested me. A couple years ago, I saw the book laying at the top of a pile of $1 books, so I thought, "why not?" Finally, while attempting to do a book purge, I found Anatomy of a Boyfriend and decided that I should at least give it a read before I traded it in... Not surprisingly, I wasn't pleased. It took me over a week to trek through the 259 pages. I enjoy a good YA romance novel, I won't lie, but this one was not great. The book is a printed cliche: high school girl has never had a boyfriend, said high school girl finds a boyfriend, they have sex, go to different colleges, and then she thinks they're going to live happily ever after.
The writing was dull and lacked complexity, in my opinion. I know that this is meant for teenagers, but I really do think teenagers are smarter than this. I don't think that the depictions of sex were all that accurate (maybe the author didn't want to make things graphic for the sake of young readers?). I don't care about visuals, but the scenes just seemed vague and uneventful to me. Maybe I would have loved this had I read it when I was 15. I just hope that young kids don't read this looking for an accurate depiction of sex or an answer to all of their sexual curiosities. I think that my best advice would be to leave this one on the shelf, despite its interesting cover.
The writing was dull and lacked complexity, in my opinion. I know that this is meant for teenagers, but I really do think teenagers are smarter than this. I don't think that the depictions of sex were all that accurate (maybe the author didn't want to make things graphic for the sake of young readers?). I don't care about visuals, but the scenes just seemed vague and uneventful to me. Maybe I would have loved this had I read it when I was 15. I just hope that young kids don't read this looking for an accurate depiction of sex or an answer to all of their sexual curiosities. I think that my best advice would be to leave this one on the shelf, despite its interesting cover.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
outro_ddaeng's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this book with all of its awkwardness and such but lost points because Dom was quite annoying and really immature.
emilyanne_van's review against another edition
3.0
Very predictable, but i sympathized Dom so much. I didn't even like Wes one bit as a character..
kristid's review against another edition
3.0
There have been reviews for this book all over the place, well now it’s my turn! First off, I just want to express my concern that some readers have been surprised that there is sex in this book. Number one: It’s called “Anatomy of a Boyfriend,” number two: there is a naked man-doll on the cover, number three: are there still really people out there that think teens don’t have sex? Let me throw this little factoid at you, nearly half (46%) of all 15-19-year-olds in the United States have had sex at least once. If you don’t believe me check out Guttmacher.org.
Now that I’ve aired that out. I only wish I would have had something like this to read when I was a teen. Thankfully I have an extraordinary mother that was there for me. The only sex talk my mother ever received growing up was that sex was a dirty, nasty, thing that you only did with the one your love. I guess she didn’t want me to grow up with that same warped view on sex. I’m not condoning or condemning teen sex, but I think that having information available and books like this are absolutely necessary.
Okay seriously I’m off of my soap box now, and on to the review. It’s probably obvious that I liked this book, I enjoyed reading it. It was a great story and I’m sure that is some ways it parallels the first love that many of us have experienced. The only thing that bothered me, and I know I’m not alone in this, is there wasn’t enough “love story” for me. I didn’t see the how of why these two feel in love, or really why Dom fell in love with Wes. Had that aspect been fully represented I think that this read would have been even better.
However the actual depiction of the relationship, was totally believable! The highs, the lows and everything in between. The characters had sex yes, but they did have safe sex. The sex scenes themselves, while they were graphic, never crossed the line of becoming phony or smutty. It’s authentic, maybe that’s why I liked it so much. And probably also because The Princess Bride is my all time favorite movie.
Now that I’ve aired that out. I only wish I would have had something like this to read when I was a teen. Thankfully I have an extraordinary mother that was there for me. The only sex talk my mother ever received growing up was that sex was a dirty, nasty, thing that you only did with the one your love. I guess she didn’t want me to grow up with that same warped view on sex. I’m not condoning or condemning teen sex, but I think that having information available and books like this are absolutely necessary.
Okay seriously I’m off of my soap box now, and on to the review. It’s probably obvious that I liked this book, I enjoyed reading it. It was a great story and I’m sure that is some ways it parallels the first love that many of us have experienced. The only thing that bothered me, and I know I’m not alone in this, is there wasn’t enough “love story” for me. I didn’t see the how of why these two feel in love, or really why Dom fell in love with Wes. Had that aspect been fully represented I think that this read would have been even better.
However the actual depiction of the relationship, was totally believable! The highs, the lows and everything in between. The characters had sex yes, but they did have safe sex. The sex scenes themselves, while they were graphic, never crossed the line of becoming phony or smutty. It’s authentic, maybe that’s why I liked it so much. And probably also because The Princess Bride is my all time favorite movie.
willwork4airfare's review against another edition
3.0
This book was alright. It's not as good as other books in its genre but it's not as bad as most either.
Anatomy of a Boyfriend is an aptly named book about Dominique Baylor, a senior in high school who falls in love for the first time.
The sex scenes are graphic and accurate. I loved that the narrator complained about the tedium of hand jobs and her feelings about sex, no matter how naive, seemed really true to life. All the same, her innocence was annoying as well as her boyfriend's. Amy, her best friend and foil in the novel, was overly risque in comparison.
I really did like Dominique's character because she was embarrassingly honest and emotional. She's an easily relatable character for most girls or anyone who has dated a quiet and slightly aloof guy. He, on the other hand, comes off as irritable and hard to predict. Her parents play a surprisingly big role in her life which seems unnbelievable as well.
In the end, it was a very typical teen novel, nothing of the fantasically written teen fiction I look out for. It was an interesting read, but nothing that's going to stick with me.
Anatomy of a Boyfriend is an aptly named book about Dominique Baylor, a senior in high school who falls in love for the first time.
The sex scenes are graphic and accurate. I loved that the narrator complained about the tedium of hand jobs and her feelings about sex, no matter how naive, seemed really true to life. All the same, her innocence was annoying as well as her boyfriend's. Amy, her best friend and foil in the novel, was overly risque in comparison.
I really did like Dominique's character because she was embarrassingly honest and emotional. She's an easily relatable character for most girls or anyone who has dated a quiet and slightly aloof guy. He, on the other hand, comes off as irritable and hard to predict. Her parents play a surprisingly big role in her life which seems unnbelievable as well.
In the end, it was a very typical teen novel, nothing of the fantasically written teen fiction I look out for. It was an interesting read, but nothing that's going to stick with me.