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A review by iread2dream
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
funny
hopeful
5.0
Second review:
I needed something hopeful and funny and this was exactly it. I love how much this book makes me laugh. I devoured the book in one day. I love Luc and Oliver, especially seeing Luc being a hot mess and learning how to love himself more. The supporting cast of characters is amazing. I love this book 【lets out a contented sigh】.
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First review:
This book is so cute. It has my favorite trope: fake dating. I just want to hug the book and make heart eyes at it. The book had me laughing for a good chunk, and then it got me feeling all the feels, and then it got me angry enough that I wanted to throw my phone, and then it got me feeling all the feels again, but it never felt bad. Sometimes the third act breakup (or whatever the fuck it's called) leaves me devastated. This book wasn't necessarily devastating but it still made me sad but it was a sadness that felt so real. Like something I could actually live through instead of the total drama sadness that rarely actually happens in real life. Actually, the whole book felt like that. It felt so real. Like I was reading about a friend, or like I could actually actually see myself in Luc (some parts of him at least). I really loved Luc's character. He was a hot mess with his low self-esteem and trust issues, his shit job, and pushing his feelings down down down so he doesn't actually have to feel them or deal with them. I loved how Luc and Oliver worked together, and their chemistry. They were just so fucking cute with each other. I loved Oliver's panic texting. Been there, I know how he feels. I would've loved Oliver's POV to get more in his head, but I think what we got (what Oliver shared) with Luc's POV gave us good insight.
I was so angry at the way Luc is treated — and I'm sure Oliver too but we never get his POV — because he's gay. The whole premise that he's the "wrong type of gay" broke my heart and made me ragey. It makes me even more sad thinking about how a lot of us have been there in some way, shape or form. In my case, I'm the wrong type of Latine and the wrong type of brown person (I'm not sure there's a "right type" of brown person, actually–maybe an educated one, or one with the "right type" of job 🤷🏽♀️). Anyway. My story isn't important.
I had a lot of feelings with this book. None were major, which is always nice. It's nice to take a break from high stakes drama, and this definitely provided that. I'm totally reading the next book for some more Luc & Oliver. Cuties.
I needed something hopeful and funny and this was exactly it. I love how much this book makes me laugh. I devoured the book in one day. I love Luc and Oliver, especially seeing Luc being a hot mess and learning how to love himself more. The supporting cast of characters is amazing. I love this book 【lets out a contented sigh】.
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First review:
This book is so cute. It has my favorite trope: fake dating. I just want to hug the book and make heart eyes at it. The book had me laughing for a good chunk, and then it got me feeling all the feels, and then it got me angry enough that I wanted to throw my phone, and then it got me feeling all the feels again, but it never felt bad. Sometimes the third act breakup (or whatever the fuck it's called) leaves me devastated. This book wasn't necessarily devastating but it still made me sad but it was a sadness that felt so real. Like something I could actually live through instead of the total drama sadness that rarely actually happens in real life. Actually, the whole book felt like that. It felt so real. Like I was reading about a friend, or like I could actually actually see myself in Luc (some parts of him at least). I really loved Luc's character. He was a hot mess with his low self-esteem and trust issues, his shit job, and pushing his feelings down down down so he doesn't actually have to feel them or deal with them. I loved how Luc and Oliver worked together, and their chemistry. They were just so fucking cute with each other. I loved Oliver's panic texting. Been there, I know how he feels. I would've loved Oliver's POV to get more in his head, but I think what we got (what Oliver shared) with Luc's POV gave us good insight.
I was so angry at the way Luc is treated — and I'm sure Oliver too but we never get his POV — because he's gay. The whole premise that he's the "wrong type of gay" broke my heart and made me ragey. It makes me even more sad thinking about how a lot of us have been there in some way, shape or form. In my case, I'm the wrong type of Latine and the wrong type of brown person (I'm not sure there's a "right type" of brown person, actually–maybe an educated one, or one with the "right type" of job 🤷🏽♀️). Anyway. My story isn't important.
I had a lot of feelings with this book. None were major, which is always nice. It's nice to take a break from high stakes drama, and this definitely provided that. I'm totally reading the next book for some more Luc & Oliver. Cuties.