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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
If the book's aim was to make me despise what it stands for — then, perhaps, I should grant it 5 stars.
The author would do well to replace the word "love" with "lust" throughout this novel. It included some beautiful prose, but the romanticisation of the toxic dynamic between these two men — rooted in shame, internalised homophobia, and desire — made me physically uncomfortable.
What if "Brokeback Mountain" was a book, you ask?
Here's your answer.
The author would do well to replace the word "love" with "lust" throughout this novel. It included some beautiful prose, but the romanticisation of the toxic dynamic between these two men — rooted in shame, internalised homophobia, and desire — made me physically uncomfortable.
What if "Brokeback Mountain" was a book, you ask?
Here's your answer.
“In the end, he remained hidden all his life. In spite of the great departure, the ambitious effort to forge a new existence, he fell back into all the same traps: shame, the impossibility of sharing a love that endures.”
“Have you noticed how the most beautiful landscapes lose their brilliance as soon as our thoughts prevent us from seeing them properly?”
“Have you noticed how the most beautiful landscapes lose their brilliance as soon as our thoughts prevent us from seeing them properly?”
emotional
reflective
sad
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
Tellement de larmes ont coulées.
« Sa beauté est fracassante »
« Sa beauté est fracassante »
« Je danse aussi. Pourtant, je ne sais pas danser. Honte de mon corps. De la débilité du corps. Mais quoi, on danse bien au-dessus des volcans. Et puis ce n'est pas le ridicule qui me tue alors. »
« Même dans l'abandon, la dilution de soi, je lui demeure obéissant »
« J'ai toujours pensé que tu étais fais pour les ailleurs. »
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Pregnancy
4/5 ★
"I just wanted to write to tell you that I have been happy during these months together, that I have never been so happy, and that I already know I will never be so happy again."
This was a short, tragic, gay read. I genuinely liked it, though I feel I cannot comment too much on the plot because I'm not a gay man. I don't have too much to say since it was so short -- but "Part 3 - 2016" broke my heart. I'm not ready to ever reach that phase in my life, the age where you miss a call and worry that someone you love has passed.
Other quotes I liked:
"It seems crazy not to be able to show our happiness. Such an impoverished word. Others have this right, and they exercise it freely. Sharing their happiness makes them even more happy, makes them expand with joy. But we’re left stunted, compromised, by the burden of having to always lie and censor ourselves."
"“Don’t leave me . . . Your absence has broken my life . . . ,” or “I’m an empty house without you . . . Let me become a shadow of your shadow . . . ,”"
and lastly...
"It suits everyone to believe in an accident. It’s less embarrassing than a suicide."
Heart = broken.
"I just wanted to write to tell you that I have been happy during these months together, that I have never been so happy, and that I already know I will never be so happy again."
This was a short, tragic, gay read. I genuinely liked it, though I feel I cannot comment too much on the plot because I'm not a gay man. I don't have too much to say since it was so short -- but "Part 3 - 2016" broke my heart. I'm not ready to ever reach that phase in my life, the age where you miss a call and worry that someone you love has passed.
Other quotes I liked:
"It seems crazy not to be able to show our happiness. Such an impoverished word. Others have this right, and they exercise it freely. Sharing their happiness makes them even more happy, makes them expand with joy. But we’re left stunted, compromised, by the burden of having to always lie and censor ourselves."
"“Don’t leave me . . . Your absence has broken my life . . . ,” or “I’m an empty house without you . . . Let me become a shadow of your shadow . . . ,”"
and lastly...
"It suits everyone to believe in an accident. It’s less embarrassing than a suicide."
Heart = broken.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced