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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
“Because I want you to know,” she says, “that there is life after survival.”
The great tragic love story of Percy and me is neither great nor truly a love story, and is tragic only for its single-sidedness. It is also not an epic monolith that has plagued me since boyhood, as might be expected. Rather, it is simply the tale of how two people can be important to each other their whole lives, and then, one morning, quite without meaning to, one of them wakes to find that importance has been magnified into a sudden and intense desire to put his tongue in the other’s mouth.
I'm at a loss for words, I won't even try and find them, none could possibly do it justice. It's just incredibly good, and the writing was strikingly visual, “As he turns it, there’s a series of clicks, like a stick’s being dragged up a stack of vertebrae.”, gripping and breathtaking.
So many excellent characters, complex and flawed, (except for Percy, whose positively perfect). Felicity, smart as a whip, quick mouthed, and brave. Percy, the kindest soul, whose only "faults" were things so out of his control and that weren't faults at all. It was amazing how gentle, understanding, and forgiving he remained after all he had gone thorugh. And Monty, he made me laugh out loud, and managed to wrung my heart out when he said words like these: “Because Percy goes so deep inside me, like veins of gold grown into granite”, but also when the thin facade of arrongance fell, and a vulnerable, unsure, boy who couldn't quite belief himself worthy of love prevailed.
It is a beautiful book and I'll cherish it forever.
We are not broken things…We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.
ps: It's kind of spoilery but Scipio is a sweetheart, and I love him for genuinely caring about Monty.
pps: My My My by Troye Sivan just happens to be the perfect song for Percy & Monty :D
The great tragic love story of Percy and me is neither great nor truly a love story, and is tragic only for its single-sidedness. It is also not an epic monolith that has plagued me since boyhood, as might be expected. Rather, it is simply the tale of how two people can be important to each other their whole lives, and then, one morning, quite without meaning to, one of them wakes to find that importance has been magnified into a sudden and intense desire to put his tongue in the other’s mouth.
I'm at a loss for words, I won't even try and find them, none could possibly do it justice. It's just incredibly good, and the writing was strikingly visual, “As he turns it, there’s a series of clicks, like a stick’s being dragged up a stack of vertebrae.”, gripping and breathtaking.
So many excellent characters, complex and flawed, (except for Percy, whose positively perfect). Felicity, smart as a whip, quick mouthed, and brave. Percy, the kindest soul, whose only "faults" were things so out of his control and that weren't faults at all. It was amazing how gentle, understanding, and forgiving he remained after all he had gone thorugh. And Monty, he made me laugh out loud, and managed to wrung my heart out when he said words like these: “Because Percy goes so deep inside me, like veins of gold grown into granite”, but also when the thin facade of arrongance fell, and a vulnerable, unsure, boy who couldn't quite belief himself worthy of love prevailed.
It is a beautiful book and I'll cherish it forever.
We are not broken things…We are cracked pottery mended with laquer and flakes of gold, whole as we are, complete unto each other. Complete and worthy and so very loved.
ps: It's kind of spoilery but Scipio is a sweetheart, and I love him for genuinely caring about Monty.
pps: My My My by Troye Sivan just happens to be the perfect song for Percy & Monty :D
Lo sospechaba desde la página 50 y he mantenido esta idea durante el resto del libro: De cabeza a favoritos. Yo venía a esta lectura por los jajas y me he encontrado con un drama salpicado de humor que cuando menos me lo esperaba me daba una bofetada en la cara.
Brillantes los personajes, brillante la trama y brillante la escritura. Creo que es una de las cosas que más me ha gustado de todo el libro, el cómo está escrito. Qué bello y qué ligero al mismo tiempo, qué inspirador como escritora.
Me encandiló la narración pero luego llegó Henry Montague y os juro que nunca he sentido tantísimas ganas de abrazar y dar una colleja a un personaje al mismo tiempo. Me flipan los protagonistas imbéciles, pero es que Monty es de los más frustrantes y enriquecedores que he leído en mucho tiempo, y lo más bonito es que no lleva todo el peso de la historia él solo, es que cuidado con Percy y Felicity, que están tan bien construidos y transmiten tanto y tan bien que dan ganas de abrazar el puñetero libro como confieso que he hecho en alguna ocasión (también le he dado golpes contra el sofá, no os voy a mentir).
Qué gusto leer libros con esta calidad en todos los sentidos.
Brillantes los personajes, brillante la trama y brillante la escritura. Creo que es una de las cosas que más me ha gustado de todo el libro, el cómo está escrito. Qué bello y qué ligero al mismo tiempo, qué inspirador como escritora.
Me encandiló la narración pero luego llegó Henry Montague y os juro que nunca he sentido tantísimas ganas de abrazar y dar una colleja a un personaje al mismo tiempo. Me flipan los protagonistas imbéciles, pero es que Monty es de los más frustrantes y enriquecedores que he leído en mucho tiempo, y lo más bonito es que no lleva todo el peso de la historia él solo, es que cuidado con Percy y Felicity, que están tan bien construidos y transmiten tanto y tan bien que dan ganas de abrazar el puñetero libro como confieso que he hecho en alguna ocasión (también le he dado golpes contra el sofá, no os voy a mentir).
Qué gusto leer libros con esta calidad en todos los sentidos.
adventurous
funny
fast-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
4.5 stars, really. Delightful, but left me with one frustration: that we don't find out (yet?) what happens to Felicity (although I think I know why that plate suddenly clattered to the floor in the kitchen. 😉) Also, that kissing is as far as we see things go with Percy and Monty. So, make that two frustrations. Anyway, *highly* entertaining. Reminded me a bit of Eli Brown's "Cinnamon and Gunpowder." Here's hoping we get a sequel.
adventurous
emotional
funny
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
just fluffy, dramatic, and gay enough to make me feel invested. you can very much tell this book was written in the 2010’s but it’s just what i needed.. i think the way queer fiction was written then all had the same voice/perspective even when trying to be diverse or go into history. overall it was fun!
i loved the parts about venice having been there last september it was fun to be able to understand the city more then i typically can in books.
the main character was almost too annoying/oblivious. i would say this was definitely a comfort read. if you miss being a gay tumblr teen reading gay romance this is for u!
i loved the parts about venice having been there last september it was fun to be able to understand the city more then i typically can in books.
the main character was almost too annoying/oblivious. i would say this was definitely a comfort read. if you miss being a gay tumblr teen reading gay romance this is for u!
adventurous
emotional
medium-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
adventurous
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-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
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
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this was excellent splendid magnificent outrageously good awesome amazing beautiful gorgeous delicious scrumptious wonderful dazzling awe-inspiring