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4.45 AVERAGE
4.45 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness
emotional
reflective
sad
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
Moving and immersive, sad and somehow- impropably- hopeful. I couldn't put it down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit
This was an epic novel, but a little too meandering at times. Definitely the best fictional work I've read about people with AIDS in the 80s, and that alone makes it worth a read.
This is an great novel that brought back the horror and pain of the AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s and into the 1990s for me—but in a beautiful way. Does that sound terrible? This novel is a marvel because though the subject is beyond horrific the characters are absolutely authentic and believable and that makes all the difference. I laughed, I cried and I relived those days in a way that will haunt me for some time to come.
I wonder why more novels have not explored that time?
So many lives wasted. So much beauty lost!
I wonder why more novels have not explored that time?
So many lives wasted. So much beauty lost!
so much to say about this one. full of hope, heartbreak, loss, joy, pain, and everything about being human in a very concentrated form, literally because the subject matter is about living on borrowed time, whether you are sick or not.
I wonder the inspiration that our author had to write this story. I would like to read about her researching. I think that would impact my rating.
as a queer person existing in chicago in the year 2024, I can attest to the point that we still feel the legacy of the Lost Generation in the halls of Boystown.
all subject matter aside, I was overjoyed reading this love letter of living queerness in Chicago. <3
I wonder the inspiration that our author had to write this story. I would like to read about her researching. I think that would impact my rating.
as a queer person existing in chicago in the year 2024, I can attest to the point that we still feel the legacy of the Lost Generation in the halls of Boystown.
all subject matter aside, I was overjoyed reading this love letter of living queerness in Chicago. <3
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief
Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Abandonment
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This book has stuck with me days after I raced to the end. I wanted to breathe life into the characters and keep them with me, as the protagonist tried to do. Plus it takes place in several of my favorite places and haunts: Chicago, Evanston, Door County, Madison and Paris. Great book. Well deserving of all its accolades.
4.5 ⭐️ this one will stick with me for awhile. Yale and Fiona and the utter heartbreak and trauma of the 1980s AIDS crisis. The art and beauty this world never knew because of the overwhelming losses.
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced