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A review by brookeisbusyreading
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
From re-reading Boyfriend Material in preparation for this, and being genuinely excited for this, I can’t help but be massively disappointed. Frustrated too. Like, what happened?? BM was great! This left me rolling my eyes, waving my hand in that ‘get to the point’ motion, and groaning as Luc tried to blow every relationship he’d built over the past 2 years.
Criticisms:
- Why did Jon Fleming have to appear again? It seemed like Luc got his closure in BM and didn’t even need him at all in HM. What was the point?
- How many times, especially between Alex and Rhys, are we going to have them go back and forth about things that literally have no relevance to the story? It was so annoying!
- Going on a tangent during one or two emergencies is fine BUT DID IT HAVE TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME?? An emergency would happen, the pacing would go from zero to rocket launch, then almost grind to a halt because the characters decided to have a conversation about some random remark (often sarcastic) one of them made.
- Where did the relationship between Luc and Oliver go? BM felt so much more balanced. It just seemed like Oliver became a background character in his own relationship with Luc.
- THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A DRAWN OUT LUC-LIKE SPEECH FROM OLIVER AT HIS FATHER’S FUNERAL! A whole chapter - rant, sorry - that was all over the place and just kept talking about how crappy Mr. Blackwood was? I get the need for Oliver to have closure but why like this? It didn’t have to be so long. Public, yes. It just…wouldn’t stop.
- The rainbow balloon arch thing was annoying too. Joke about it, sure. Have an argument about it, okay. I know it was just a symbol but the reasoning behind those conversations/arguments just made me kind of view Luc as a shitty person.
- The level of ridiculousness and chaos were way too high for me. It felt more like HM was an over the top joke, or at least one I didn’t get.
Basically, I’m just MASSIVELY disappointed and frustrated with the choices Hall made with this book. I’m just going to pretend BM is the only book to make myself feel better. Also, I have Paris Dallencourt is About to Crumble on my TBR and I want to read 10 Things That Never Happened but this experience has me a bit nervous to read them…
- Why did Jon Fleming have to appear again? It seemed like Luc got his closure in BM and didn’t even need him at all in HM. What was the point?
- How many times, especially between Alex and Rhys, are we going to have them go back and forth about things that literally have no relevance to the story? It was so annoying!
- Going on a tangent during one or two emergencies is fine BUT DID IT HAVE TO HAPPEN EVERY TIME?? An emergency would happen, the pacing would go from zero to rocket launch, then almost grind to a halt because the characters decided to have a conversation about some random remark (often sarcastic) one of them made.
- Where did the relationship between Luc and Oliver go? BM felt so much more balanced. It just seemed like Oliver became a background character in his own relationship with Luc.
- THERE WAS NO NEED FOR A DRAWN OUT LUC-LIKE SPEECH FROM OLIVER AT HIS FATHER’S FUNERAL! A whole chapter - rant, sorry - that was all over the place and just kept talking about how crappy Mr. Blackwood was? I get the need for Oliver to have closure but why like this? It didn’t have to be so long. Public, yes. It just…wouldn’t stop.
- The rainbow balloon arch thing was annoying too. Joke about it, sure. Have an argument about it, okay. I know it was just a symbol but the reasoning behind those conversations/arguments just made me kind of view Luc as a shitty person.
- The level of ridiculousness and chaos were way too high for me. It felt more like HM was an over the top joke, or at least one I didn’t get.
Basically, I’m just MASSIVELY disappointed and frustrated with the choices Hall made with this book. I’m just going to pretend BM is the only book to make myself feel better. Also, I have Paris Dallencourt is About to Crumble on my TBR and I want to read 10 Things That Never Happened but this experience has me a bit nervous to read them…