Reviews with content warning for Sexism - Him

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Him by Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen

5 reviews

levilore_'s review against another edition

funny hopeful 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? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Don't expect much from this book in terms of plot or character growth. The plot was actually interesting, but most of the second half was the characters having sex and nothing else really happening. I would've been fine with that but the main characters often made sexist comments and there was some vague biphobia that made me dislike Wes a lot. I wish there was more time spent on the exploring the characters as people.

Also I really didn't need to hear that much detail about their sex as teens. I could've gotten the highlights.

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lizzys_leseliste's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

"HIM - Mit ihm allein" ist nach meinen bisherigen Erfahrungen mit den MxM-Liebesromanen dieser Autorin eine typische Sarina-Bowen-Story: spicy, aber weder plump noch lieblos. Eine dieser MxM-Romances, die nicht auf wholesome queer joy ausgerichtet ist, sondern eher auf erotisches Vergnügen. Aber mit sympathischen Figuren, lebendigen Szenen und authentischen Gefühlen. Emotional, ohne in trauma porn abzurutschen, sondern mit einer optimistischen Grundstimmung.

Ein paar "Witze" der Jungs waren etwas daneben (z. B.: laut Wes ist der Vorteil einer Beziehung zwischen Männern, dass man den ganzen Tag Sport gucken kann und nicht von der Freundin zum Shoppen in die Mall geschleppt wird ... like, really? 🙄). Und es hat mich etwas irritiert, das Jamies Bisexualität teilweise als "schwules Verhalten eines Heteros" eingeordnet wurde, vielleicht lese ich da aber auch zu viel hinein.

Aber im Großen und Ganzen wurde ich wieder bestens unterhalten. Vor allem die Chemie zwischen Jamie & Wes war so schön ... ihre enge Vertrautheit; ihr unbefangener Umgang miteinander, selbst nach 4 Jahren Funkstille; all ihre Insider und geteilten glücklichen Erinnerungen; ihre Neckereien; das unerschütterliche Vertrauen, das sie ineinander haben; wie aufrichtig und offen sie (meist) miteinander kommunizieren ... das hab ich sehr genossen. 👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻💕

Ich würde das Buch jetzt nicht als Jahreshighlight-Anwärter einstufen, aber es hat seinen Anspruch, mir eine gute Lesezeit zu bescheren, absolut erfüllt!

Fazit: Gute Unterhaltung mit der richtigen Prise Emotion. Anspruchslose Lektüre für Liebhaber*innen von (spicy) Sportsromance 🏒💘

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jg93's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Ehh, unfortunately this did not live up to the hype for me. This was like 90% smut without any real sense that the characters had romantic chemistry, and no plot.

Despite having a long history together, once the MC's started hooking up, (around the 20% mark) it honestly felt like they were just doing it out of boredom, and the romance never progressed from there.

There were occasional moments of the fun banter I love in the Off-Campus series, and I enjoyed the first part of this for the most part. However for me, the lack of romantic chemistry/development, along with a bunch of random casual misogyny (from both MC's) and biphobia (from Wes) -both of which went unchallenged- really spoiled the reading experience for me here.

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gmelrose's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

So. Elle Kennedy is undoubtedly one of the worst current, more famous authors out there.

The book was fine, readable, up until the casual misogyny, racism (that I assume both authors shouldn't have written in) and homophobia, coupled with multiple f-slurs (which also- authors, queer or not- shouldn't have tried to reclaim). What really made me lose it was at 95% of my ebook, where one of the characters says, and I quote, "I could announce I wanted to live my life as a transsexual vampire yeti, and they’d still say ‘Oh, Jamie. You’re so cute.’" I might be reading too much into this, but since when is being trans- (-sexual or -gender) a bad thing? Where one shouldn't need the love they deserve for being who they are? Which is also a big plot of the book, being queer and homophobia. The irony.

Anyways, this book really... sucked. But seriously. Making being trans out to be a bad thing was the cherry on top.

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anjae's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Ugh, I loved it. Not much in the way of plot or much else other than gooey pining, excellent chemistry, and silent (and then vocalized) love confessions. It was a perfect, short and sweet read.

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