Stupid Boy Syndrome: 28 Poems on Love, Lust and Loss

by Dylan Drakes

An ode to love: Life's greatest affliction.

Stupid Boy Syndrome: 28 Poems on Love, Lust and Loss is a queer-perspective chapbook on the themes of love and loss, friendship and fall-outs, sex and seduction.

At once heartfelt and whimsical, frivolous and mournful, Stupid Boy Syndrome takes readers on a whirlwind trip through the many ways that love enriches our lives. From the biting ache for the boy that got away, to the skin-tingling thrill of locking eyes across a room, to the soul-tearing battle between logic and lust.

Genres: Poetry

62 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 25, 2022

Reviews

[Misty's Book Space · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't tend to read poetry anymore because it's just not for me but there's a genre challenge in my planner that I wanted to complete and that meant I had to read a poetry book. Clint talked about this one earlier this year on his channel and I immediately added it to my TBR. Most of the poems in this were way too short to really feel anything about but it was a very quick and easy read. I did have some that I really enjoyed like the first one titles Stupid Boy Syndrome.

[Tyffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cute but not for me

I love grabbing a poetry book every now and then and the cover of this one definitely caught my eye. The poetry is well written and the ones about loss were by far the most beautiful to me. Butttttt I tend to prefer my poetry a touch more emotional and a tad less graphic (which is funny given my smut collection, I know xD)

[Sherry Mackay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tumultuous and lively look into a young man’s love life. We have love, we have lust, we have some naughty bits. Let the writer take you on a somewhat rollicking ride through his younger years as a man about town.

[Clint Read-Brittian · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was sooo good. There were some that brought me to tears and a few that were okay lmao 😂 but my favs were Temptation of Adonis, Break Me; Shake Me, Dirty Bird, and Digital Cliques. Dylan Drakes is def becoming an Autobuy Author for sure!

[Shon Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some very interesting Poems

I enjoyed reading this book. The poems was so delightful. The poems are great. The Dirty Bird being the funniest. Thanks

[Mateo Castrejon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read. Wish it had more, but its poems were great.
Poetic as it should be.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

[3.5]

fun and carefree, i enjoyed this. Drakes really goes there with the sex and lust and what that may really feel like so i appreciate that.

this is more of a personal issue thing rather than with the poems themselves, but i do not enjoy when there's rhyming in poems and every single of these has that. i think Drakes did it well but for me personally i didn't like it.

[Jacob Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5, some stuff was good. Others not so much.

[Stella Marchione · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun read. Some great comedic lines as well.

[Cara Rivers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this. It was short, sweet but also I found some great depth with some of these short pages.

I would love to read some more poetry from this author.

[Chanté · Rating 4 out of 5]

So funny, and painfully relatable.