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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
Saw the movie version on 15 Feb. 2010 with Deets at the Michigan Theater.
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Great writing style, beginning and end. Some weird asf opinions about women and minorities tho
Do I need to add Isherwood to the canon of the most brilliant, inspiring, breathtaking authors that desperately need to learn how to write about women/minorities if they're ever going to be recommended to others without a huge *hey just so you know*?
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was an excellent novel. And, as a bonus prize, I now feel off the hook from ever even having to attempt to read "Ulysses."
Apparently Edmund White claims "A Single Man" as the first modern gay lit. And I would have to agree. This fits right in with every Violet Quill book I have ever read.
More importantly, the prose is exquisitely beautiful and full of insights. And as another bonus, it is sort of a love letter to mid-century So Cal (even if it does protest some aspects of the then dawning era).
I have read the reviews of the movie and after reading this book have little desire I have reservations about seeing it (despite a love of Julieanne). A 150 page novel about one day in a man's life, filled mostly with his own thoughts, can't possibly be translated to the screen and maintain the magic this work conjures.
Click here for an excellent review of the novel (far better than mine) by another favorite author, Christopher Bram: http://out.com/detail.asp?id=26315
Apparently Edmund White claims "A Single Man" as the first modern gay lit. And I would have to agree. This fits right in with every Violet Quill book I have ever read.
More importantly, the prose is exquisitely beautiful and full of insights. And as another bonus, it is sort of a love letter to mid-century So Cal (even if it does protest some aspects of the then dawning era).
I have read the reviews of the movie and after reading this book have little desire I have reservations about seeing it (despite a love of Julieanne). A 150 page novel about one day in a man's life, filled mostly with his own thoughts, can't possibly be translated to the screen and maintain the magic this work conjures.
Click here for an excellent review of the novel (far better than mine) by another favorite author, Christopher Bram: http://out.com/detail.asp?id=26315
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
very philosophical and it was relatable at times but i guess i just wished for more plot but.. maybe that’s just me… can i jus say i love how george’s relationship with jim was not overly dramatic like “omg! this is a crazy unrealistic lgbt relationship” it’s treated normally as all should be!
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated