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4.45 AVERAGE
4.45 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-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
challenging
emotional
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was super emotional about a devastating time. It also is a beautiful story of friendship and how important friends really are.
I now consider Yale Tishman to be a good friend of mine.
Roscoe forever.
I cried so hard my teeth were chattering.
I now consider Yale Tishman to be a good friend of mine.
Roscoe forever.
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Meh. Needed a good editor. Was too long and too many stories. Hard to follow. But reminded me what a POS Reagan was when it came to AIDS. We treated them so poorly. Heartbreaking. Thank goodness for the nurses and doctors who did such an amazing job.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Interesting story between the 1980s AIDS crisis in Chicago and a future storyline of a sister of one of the gay men who died in the 1980s and her search for her estranged daughter in Paris ~2015. It was a good read but I was hoping for some kind of twist or revelation of the two timelines coming together.
Ugh, this one will fully break your heart. The main storyline is set in Chicago in 1985 and centers around Yale Tishman and his group of friends as the AIDS epidemic is devastating their community. Early on we meet Fiona, the little sister of his friend Nico, and her storyline jumps ahead 30 years. We also get to reminisce about past loves and the Paris art scene in the 1920s. There are estranged family members, a cult, and a cat named Roscoe. This one gets a highly recommended from me!
“Left to his own devices, he’d have been listening to The Smiths, which wouldn’t have helped a thing; and if it turned out he only had a few years to live, shouldn’t he be listening to Beethoven?”
“Stupid men and their stupid violence, tearing apart everything good that was ever built. Why couldn’t you ever just go after your life without tripping over some idiot’s dick?”
“It’s always a matter, isn’t it, of waiting for the world to come unraveled? When things hold together, it’s always only temporary.”
“And was friendship that different in the end from love? You took the possibility of sex out of it, and it was all about the moment anyway. Being here, right now, in someone’s life. Making room for someone in yours.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & a half
2025 📖 Read #12/Book #45
“Left to his own devices, he’d have been listening to The Smiths, which wouldn’t have helped a thing; and if it turned out he only had a few years to live, shouldn’t he be listening to Beethoven?”
“Stupid men and their stupid violence, tearing apart everything good that was ever built. Why couldn’t you ever just go after your life without tripping over some idiot’s dick?”
“It’s always a matter, isn’t it, of waiting for the world to come unraveled? When things hold together, it’s always only temporary.”
“And was friendship that different in the end from love? You took the possibility of sex out of it, and it was all about the moment anyway. Being here, right now, in someone’s life. Making room for someone in yours.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & a half
2025 📖 Read #12/Book #45