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A review by sapphirebubble_
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
4.0
I received an e-ARC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest opinion.
I was not expecting this book to be as hard-hitting and harrowing. It looked like a sweet little thing, but it turned out to be a frighteningly real take on messed-up individuals and relationships. As someone who stays away from romances, I was not expecting to see so much of myself and people I know in the main characters of this book. The personalities and relationship of Lucien and Oliver were scary to look into, but the bitter truth of today's world. At first, I thought the book to be too big, with too much description and too many unnecessary scenes, but it becomes obvious soon enough that all of that is important for the reader to have a full grasp on the storyline.
I sometimes felt like that Lucien and Oliver's relationship paralleled a rom-com heterosexual relationship too much, with Oliver always being the stand-up amazing guy and Lucien being the troubled and messed up damsel in distress. Also, Lucien's friends and peers felt too gimmicky to me. But other than that, this was a really good read that I immensely enjoyed.
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I was not expecting this book to be as hard-hitting and harrowing. It looked like a sweet little thing, but it turned out to be a frighteningly real take on messed-up individuals and relationships. As someone who stays away from romances, I was not expecting to see so much of myself and people I know in the main characters of this book. The personalities and relationship of Lucien and Oliver were scary to look into, but the bitter truth of today's world. At first, I thought the book to be too big, with too much description and too many unnecessary scenes, but it becomes obvious soon enough that all of that is important for the reader to have a full grasp on the storyline.
I sometimes felt like that Lucien and Oliver's relationship paralleled a rom-com heterosexual relationship too much, with Oliver always being the stand-up amazing guy and Lucien being the troubled and messed up damsel in distress. Also, Lucien's friends and peers felt too gimmicky to me. But other than that, this was a really good read that I immensely enjoyed.
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