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funny
lighthearted
fast-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
I am going to start by saying, I finished the book, it was fine, pretty entertaining, the sex scenes are fun. they unapologetically make up most of the book, so like, there is not much ambition there.
Now, the gay aspects were not the most accurate. There was some biphobic rhetoric, that can in part be attributed to the biases of the characters but that wasn’t dealt with the most gracefully. I also found the bisexual character’s journey profoundly unrelatable but like, I’m only one bi bitch in the lot so that’s worth what it’s worth.
What did bother me is how profoundly straight the characters felt. The internalised homophobia of one of them was pretty well done but like. They go to straight bars and drink straight beer straightly and also very much behave like stereotypical dudebros, which would be kind of nice masc4masc rep if they did not wax poetic about liking how big and manly the other is, in passing mentioning how not their type twinks and fem men are, and also how they prefer men with not too much hair. The only references to gay culture are a copyright safe Grindr and Sex in the city.
Idk it feels like two straight dude plastered with the most stereotypically straight women taste in men, completely isolated from gay culture. ONE OF THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS HAS A TRIBAL TAT ISTG.
Now, the gay aspects were not the most accurate. There was some biphobic rhetoric, that can in part be attributed to the biases of the characters but that wasn’t dealt with the most gracefully. I also found the bisexual character’s journey profoundly unrelatable but like, I’m only one bi bitch in the lot so that’s worth what it’s worth.
What did bother me is how profoundly straight the characters felt. The internalised homophobia of one of them was pretty well done but like. They go to straight bars and drink straight beer straightly and also very much behave like stereotypical dudebros, which would be kind of nice masc4masc rep if they did not wax poetic about liking how big and manly the other is, in passing mentioning how not their type twinks and fem men are, and also how they prefer men with not too much hair. The only references to gay culture are a copyright safe Grindr and Sex in the city.
Idk it feels like two straight dude plastered with the most stereotypically straight women taste in men, completely isolated from gay culture. ONE OF THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS HAS A TRIBAL TAT ISTG.