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S'està carregant… Rent a Boyfriend (2020 original; edició 2020)de Gloria Chao (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Well that was really cute and funny but way too long. This started out so well and there were a few laugh out loud moments and I absolutely loved the dynamics between Chloe and Drew. The story was engaging and the family completely adorable in their craziness. I won't do any spoilers but there was a point where the story could have ended and I would have loved it. But it didn't end. Then there was another point where it could have ended and I would have been happy. But it didn't end. Then there were a few points where it should have ended but it didn't. I started becoming a bit bored with the attempts to wrap everything up so neatly because the story really started to drag for me. I think it needed an editor to cut chunks out of that last section so it didn't lose the wonderful tone and pace it had throughout the first three-quarters. Still a lovely read. this was up and down and really uneven for me. overall it was fine. some parts were even nice and i did like the banter between the two main characters. but it was also overly cheesy and saccharine at times, and the writing went from just fine to really trite and back again. (i hate the title and i hate the cover. the book itself is much better than both of those, at least.) Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao Booktalk: Nineteen-year-old Chloe Wang is at odds with her traditionalist Taiwanese parents who have literally promised her to the son of a wealthy family. Said son, however, is a self-entitled jerk who has been teasing and bullying Chloe since she was a child. In order to fend off her parents’ relentless pressure to accept HongBo’s marriage proposal, Chloe makes a desperate decision. Enter Andrew Chan, he’s the too perfect boyfriend and his all Chloe’s. Well...not exactly. Chloe hired Andrew from a company that specializes in in providing fake boyfriends to impress the most traditional Asian parents. During the job, real life and pretend start to blur, and Chloe starts to fall for the real Andrew. Once Chloe has the courage to stand up to her parents and her tight knit Asian community, she’s finally free to live her life on her own terms whatever they may be. But, can she do that and keep the real Andrew too? Publisher's Summary: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets The Farewell in this incisive romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results, from the acclaimed author of American Panda. Read-A-Likes: 10 Things I Hate About Pinky by Sandhya Menon Frankly in Love by David Yoon The Fill-in Boyfriend by Kasie West Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Chloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn't met him yet either. She hired him from Rent for Your 'Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents. Drew Chan's passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a Rent for Your 'Rents employee to keep a roof over his head. Luckily, learning protocols like "Type C parents prefer quiet, kind, zero-PDA gestures" comes naturally to him. When Chloe rents Drew, the mission is simple: convince her parents fake Drew is worthy of their approval so they'll stop pressuring her to accept a proposal from Hongbo, the wealthiest (and slimiest) young bachelor in their tight-knit Asian American community. But when Chloe starts to fall for the real Drew--who, unlike his fake persona, is definitely not 'rent-worthy--her carefully curated life begins to unravel. Can she figure out what she wants before she loses everything?-- No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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There was a bit too much instalove here but otherwise this was super cute. I love love love reading about the family traditions and how hard maintaining elements of these can be throughout generations. I also loved the contrast between the community Drew grew up in and Chloe's and how it prevented Chloe's from presenting too many negative stereotypes. ( )