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A review by transportedlfl
The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge by Matthew Hubbard
emotional
funny
inspiring
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? It's complicated
4.0
Thank you to @getunderlined #GetUnderlinedPartner and Delacorte Press for the free book and to @PRHAudio for the complimentary audiobook. These opinions are my own.
I was intrigued immediately by this title and the cover. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge focuses on three queer high school boys in small town Alabama. They have been friends since childhood and share an experience of recent awful breakups. The book is primarily told from Ezra's perspective but equally highlights Lucas and Finley.
As I read, I was so excited to realize how much of the book was inspired by The First Wives Club. The boys band together to get "revenge" on their exes, but they do so in the modern time of social media accounts and hashtags.
I greatly appreciated some of the adults the book showed as supporting the boys, most notably Ezra's father. And I appreciated the multiple types of character growth the boys underwent.
While it starts with a focus on three boys, the book becomes a much larger commentary about the policies including "Watch What You Say" which is a fictional schoolboard initiative clearly inspired by current book banning and other anti-LGBTQ school policies to make queer students hide their identities.
Overall, I found this inspiring and emotional while simultaneously powerful and important. The audiobook was narrated by Lee Osorio who did an excellent job differentiating the voices on the multiple main characters.
I was intrigued immediately by this title and the cover. The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge focuses on three queer high school boys in small town Alabama. They have been friends since childhood and share an experience of recent awful breakups. The book is primarily told from Ezra's perspective but equally highlights Lucas and Finley.
As I read, I was so excited to realize how much of the book was inspired by The First Wives Club. The boys band together to get "revenge" on their exes, but they do so in the modern time of social media accounts and hashtags.
I greatly appreciated some of the adults the book showed as supporting the boys, most notably Ezra's father. And I appreciated the multiple types of character growth the boys underwent.
While it starts with a focus on three boys, the book becomes a much larger commentary about the policies including "Watch What You Say" which is a fictional schoolboard initiative clearly inspired by current book banning and other anti-LGBTQ school policies to make queer students hide their identities.
Overall, I found this inspiring and emotional while simultaneously powerful and important. The audiobook was narrated by Lee Osorio who did an excellent job differentiating the voices on the multiple main characters.