Drôle de garçon vs Just by Looking at Him: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Gay, LGBTQ novels, Gay men, Fiction
Drôle de garçon
Arjie is funny. The second son of a privileged family in Sri Lanka, he prefers staging make-believe wedding pageants with his female cousins to battling balls with the other boys. When his parents discover his innocent…
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Just by Looking at Him
Elliott appears to be living the dream as a successful TV writer with a doting boyfriend. But behind his Instagram filter of a life, he’s grappling with an intensifying alcohol addiction, he can’t seem to stop cheating…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Drôle de garçon has the widest readership — 9312 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Drôle de garçon | Just by Looking at Him | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (9312) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.0 (20) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (57) |
Reception
| Drôle de garçon | Just by Looking at Him | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 9312 | 57 |
| Editions | 25 | 6 |
| Pages | 314 | 312 |