Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

34 reviews

phoebeolivia's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Homophobia

saffyre's review

3.0

emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

skipping_violets's review against another edition

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Great book and characters but generally 1st person isn’t for me. May try it again later. Plus I also don’t personally like reading about dads with addiction problems. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction

aaminak's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

claudiamacpherson's review

4.5

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Lucien's father is a famous rockstar, so despite never having met him, Lucien has suffered the consequences: paparazzi catching him at his lowest points. In desperate need of a nice, normal boyfriend to show that he is a respectable adult, Lucien allows his friend to set him up on a date with the most boring, uptight guy imaginable. 

4.5 stars

This book was recommended to me as similar to Red, White, and Royal Blue, and it did not disappoint! It was delightfully trope-y (fake dating! one bed! showing up on a doorstep in the middle of the night!) and the banter made me genuinely laugh out loud. The only moments I didn't like were when Lucien apologized or felt guilty about saying something that was completely reasonable. I picked up this book to get out of my recent reading slump and absolutely flew trough it, but now I have a book hangover, so...if anyone has similar recommendations, please send them my way!

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just my judgement of how happy the ending is because I always wish someone would tell me that before I read books):

Predictably, very happy!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

kaneli's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Terminal illness

albireotales's review

3.0

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness

carodonahue's review

4.5

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Alcohol

dlrosebyh's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Sexual assault

bloodyvalentine's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, Alcohol