Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

371 reviews

mjevans526's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? Yes

5.0

Lovely read! I was in love with the banter and push and pull from the two mcs. I love how they protected each other and seemed to be really good for each other despite feeling otherwise at times.

I was lost with some of the British terms at times, but I enjoyed looking things up to figure out their meanings. 

A few of the mcs’ stories really resonated with me, and I actually personally related to a few of them. 

I really appreciated the character development and the fact that we got a queer romance story without the focus being on sex. It was very refreshing!

Honestly, I can’t say enough good things about this book. I’m nervous to see where the next one takes us, but I’ll give it a try! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

fantasycat's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Abandonment

Moderate: Mental illness

thebibutterfly's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was a bit of a rollercoaster with a really sweet romance mixed in with rather complicated, disordered characters. The main character is very realistic because he’s terribly flawed, while the love interest seems perfect, but really isn’t, which is nice to see. I do wish more time was spent on sorting out Oliver, but I suppose deflection was one of his strengths. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Minor: Eating disorder and Abandonment

alice_i's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Eating disorder

suerte_encantada's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

katievallin's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, and Eating disorder

jaxx88's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Alcohol

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Self harm, and Grief

annathechaoticreader's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was a light fun read! The couple had a lot of chemistry and it was a perfect book to turn my brain off! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

jerrysaywhaaa's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I hated this book and I don’t know if it’s because I discovered I hate the fake dating trope or because I hated most of the characters in this book. I think the one part of the book that worked for me was the relationship between the two main characters, but it wasn’t enough to salvage everything else. I have taken everything by this author off my to-read list though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Alcohol

nisha13's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia