A review by baielleebooks
Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Gloriously gay, vitalizing in its humour, filled with unbridled sexuality, and wry yet unencumbered in breaking ground on more difficult themes spanning shame, toxic relationship dynamics, disability, self-destruction, and addiction. O'Connell signs, seals and delivers a rich, catty narrator brimming with his own neuroses in a way only a flaming homo could. He produces a story that is savvy, filled with feeling and human in a way that isn't blandly saccharine, instead packing a punch with sparky social commentary. 
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