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100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

23 reviews

geminimoonriver's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced

5.0

100 boyfriends has what bluets wants
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rafavaldes's review against another edition

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

4.25

so so so funny
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jessangelet's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

4.75

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mj_ontiveros's review against another edition

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

3.75

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burnsbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A series of short stories about boyfriends, lovers, and the experience of gay racialized young men in america.
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dosymedia's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Raunchy short stories of messy queer love as told from the perspective of characters of color that don't have their shit together. Purnell is most evocative in first person; there were only a smattering of third person stories and they were marked downshifts when the rest of the collection relished in mischievousness. Cannot quite describe the missing factor, I suspect the strength, the feeling of passing through many lives for a single moment, is also the weakness; stories rarely have a satisfying resolution which left me suspended between stories.

Michelle Tea is a connector between this and another February 2021 release, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out by Jeremy Atherton Lin, where she appears in San Francisco as well as his acknowledgements. While of much different voice and nature, these two books may pair well because of their quick oscillation between the theoretical and sensual as it pertains to gay subculture.
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hazelgirl21's review against another edition

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

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apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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moraofthestory's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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johnnyideaseed's review against another edition

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

4.5

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