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Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao

12 reviews

vagaybond's review

challenging emotional reflective tense

• Strong character development? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Classism, Cancer, Body shaming, and Sexism

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Homophobia, Excrement, Misogyny, Medical content, and Violence

courtnoodles's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Bullying, Cancer, Terminal illness, Fatphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

phua_jieying's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

On the one hand, I love the Chloe-Drew text conversations, and their dynamic is not too juvenile for this 34-year-old. On the other hand, it's painful to read how Chloe's parents kept wanting her to play the role they have decided for her (which is what I took the 0.25 stars off for).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Classism, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cancer

jackeline_cruz_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Cancer

blackveilbeccy's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

This was a fantastic book and I loved both the main character and the love interest. The plot was a bit slow at times and I wasn’t a fan of the texting sections, but I did love the overall storyline. The villains of the piece were a little over the top. The parents of the main character, particularly the mother, were incredibly difficult to read due to the toxicity of the family dynamics -

I was so surprised every time she chose to keep her mother in her life rather than go no contact

as she was that bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, Xenophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Religious bigotry

Toxic family, estrangement, family dysfunction

bookedbymadeline's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Medical content

harperhoney's review

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abortion, Cancer, Gaslighting, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

erynlasbelin's review

emotional funny hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Cancer, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, and Medical content

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

bookcrushin's review

emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love that this wasn't billed as a holiday romance, but it really is! Starting from Thanksgiving break all the way through Chinese New Year and Valentine's! This is also a college-aged protagonist! I really loved reading and learning more about the cultural aspects of being a Taiwanese American especially during the holidays, as well as figuring out who you are versus whom your parents and community expect you to be. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, and Medical content

Tiny Harry Potter mention, minor mentions of pregnancy, fake pregnancy

plumpaperbacks's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Gloria Chao has done it again. She wrote a cute, fun contemporary about self-discovery, family, and romance that I devoured in only two sittings. I read nearly 70% in a couple of hours and would’ve finished the rest if I hadn’t needed to go to sleep.

Chao is brilliant at writing layered characters and complex relationships, protagonists and couples you can’t help but root for. She perfectly balances humor and emotion, and all of these things combined make for the perfect book for me. I also really appreciate the way Chloe and Drew handled conflict—they took a bit of time for themselves and then talked everything through. I know you can’t always expect such things in YA novels, but it’s refreshing to come across it from time to time.

Also, Chloe and Drew were just adorable. I loved their puns and banter. Couples that banter steal my heart basically every time, and they’re no exception. I could almost feel their chemistry as I read. It was definitely there.

I hope to own a copy of this book soon, and I can see myself rereading it in the future. I highly recommend Rent a Boyfriend, as well as Chao’s previous novels. I look forward to reading more from her, whenever that may be.

Representation

• Taiwanese-American protagonist, love interest, and side characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer and Medical content

Minor: Blood, Racism, Homophobia, and Drug abuse