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A review by theengineerisreading
The Breakup Lists by Adib Khorram
5.0
I'm signing up to be in Adib Khorram's official fanclub after reading this one. Adib always delivers and The Breakup Lists is no exception to that.
In this book, we follow Jackson Ghasnavi who is a lot of things but his love for theater (especially being a techie/stage manager) is the one thing that remained constant in his life. And yes, Jackson is also NOT a romantic after being a first-row audience to his parents' divorce and his sister Jasmine's romance misadventures. That was until Liam entered the scene.
Jackson and Liam hit it off as friends but soon they realized that they're feeling a bit more than friendship but both are too shy to act on it.
This is more complicated than the typical 'boy meets boy' as the author included a conflict than made me rethink of what I'll do if I was in Jackson's position.
The Breakup Lists talk about both the beautiful and messy sides of loving someone while also sublty discussing about the importance of letting a person decide and explain about their gender and identity.
And as someone who loves reading about characters who actually care about others, not just themselves, this is a topnotch characterization. I want to hug Jackson after finishing the book.
The romance is where I'm really conflicted because of the way Jasmine was involved in the scene, and I really had a hard time thinking about what I'll do in that situation. But in the end, it's good to know how things worked out for them.
And yes, friends to lovers enthusiasts won this one iykwim.
RATING: 4.5stars
In this book, we follow Jackson Ghasnavi who is a lot of things but his love for theater (especially being a techie/stage manager) is the one thing that remained constant in his life. And yes, Jackson is also NOT a romantic after being a first-row audience to his parents' divorce and his sister Jasmine's romance misadventures. That was until Liam entered the scene.
Jackson and Liam hit it off as friends but soon they realized that they're feeling a bit more than friendship but both are too shy to act on it.
This is more complicated than the typical 'boy meets boy' as the author included a conflict than made me rethink of what I'll do if I was in Jackson's position.
The Breakup Lists talk about both the beautiful and messy sides of loving someone while also sublty discussing about the importance of letting a person decide and explain about their gender and identity.
And as someone who loves reading about characters who actually care about others, not just themselves, this is a topnotch characterization. I want to hug Jackson after finishing the book.
The romance is where I'm really conflicted because of the way Jasmine was involved in the scene, and I really had a hard time thinking about what I'll do in that situation. But in the end, it's good to know how things worked out for them.
And yes, friends to lovers enthusiasts won this one iykwim.
RATING: 4.5stars