One Man Guy by Michael Barakiva

One Man Guy

by Michael Barakiva

"When Alek's high-achieving, Armenian-American parents send him to summer school, he thinks his summer is ruined. But then he meets Ethan, who opens his world in a series of truly unexpected ways"--

When Alek's high-achieving parents send him to summer school, Alek thinks his summer is ruined, but then he meets Ethan, who opens his world in a series of truly unexpected ways. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and violence.

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5 of 5 stars

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This was so adorable! I can't believe I hadn't heard of it before. I just found it scrolling through available audiobooks from my library. I am so fucking glad I did!

I was hooked from the beginning and didn't want to stop listening at all.

--Becky, Beck, Becky! I love her but she's so dramatic and getting that dude fired was too far TBH. My heart grew for her and broke for her. She's a skater girl, old movie fanatic. Flipping the script on the stereotypical gay friend, by being the stereotypical girl best friend, without the typical problems.
--Uses "bitch", "pussy", "dick", "homo", and "faggot", the last two by the gay LI Evan.
--Not fat friendly
--Totally saw the "surprise!", but did not see the twist.
--I, like the rest of the non-Armenian Americans in the novel, had no fucking clue about the genocide and Turkey being so fucked and denying it still. It's informative, and comes across naturally, well done, and is a great example to show off.
--Train scene was so adorable and so wrong at the same time.
--They are so cute together and I think they're differences balance out well.
--Love the clothing store and bookstore they talk about.
--Evan's stealing is actually refreshing, because so many kids and families are struggling, doing little things like this to make it a tad more bearable. He doesn't screw anyone over at least and I'm sure Alek will be a good influence in that regard.

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