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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
reflective
fast-paced
It was quite true to what people who liked the same gender felt like during the time and in Asian countries
(meant to be read before [b:等你到35岁 I will wait for you until 35 years old |25192940|等你到35岁 I will wait for you until 35 years old |南康白起|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|44903615])
a typical young love where you're absolutely smitten and infatuated while behaving equally childish and selfish but nothing else matters because it's just you and them for as long as the world allows.
“对我来说，死亡最大的威胁还是：人死如灯灭，无知无觉，我还没看够老公呢。我不怕死，但我怕死了后再不能像这样爱他。”
"To me, the most frightening thing about death is: a person's passing is like the extinguishing of a light, taking you unawares. I still haven't had my fill of Lao Gong* in my sights. I do not fear death, but I fear that once I'm gone, I won't ever be able to love him like this again."
*nickname for his bf is "Husband"
a typical young love where you're absolutely smitten and infatuated while behaving equally childish and selfish but nothing else matters because it's just you and them for as long as the world allows.
“对我来说，死亡最大的威胁还是：人死如灯灭，无知无觉，我还没看够老公呢。我不怕死，但我怕死了后再不能像这样爱他。”
"To me, the most frightening thing about death is: a person's passing is like the extinguishing of a light, taking you unawares. I still haven't had my fill of Lao Gong* in my sights. I do not fear death, but I fear that once I'm gone, I won't ever be able to love him like this again."
*nickname for his bf is "Husband"
reflective
fast-paced
I wish I had read Six Records of a Floating Life before I will Wait for you Until 35.
Because then, it would hit even harder.
On the other hand, having read the prequel last, everything in there was peppered with the outcome I already knew of. And it was sad.
There's a gentle beauty to the writing that was evident in I will Wait for You and is present throughout Six Records, and it's a gentleness that belies the deeper, hidden turmoils I'm sure the author lived with. He barely makes reference to how he's affected by the fact he cannot go about with Husband as freely and innocently as 'regular' couples because of a society where same sex love is still massively unnaccepted. But the effects are there, hidden in the words, coming through them and the crumbs he gathers to his hands of the moments they're allowed the public display of physical intimacy other couples are free to display - like when Husband is drunk and he has to help him walk back home, overjoyed that this gives him an excuse to throw his arms around Husband and touch him, hold him. And the kissing moment outside, worried if anyone might see, but still revelling on it. Knowing the outcome, these moments are sad, because I'm sure there are still far too many couples who have to steal this kind of public display of affection in dark street corners, out of the public eye, for fear of being vilified, abused, never accepted.
This slice of life account of extreme normality shows a depth to the relationship between them that is perceived through the mundane gestures and exchanges of every day life, and gives us an insight of both men's personalities and how they love one another - from Husband's initial rejection to his subsequent acceptance, and the author's sweet teasing of him, when they already live together like a married couple.
It's a short read - i read it in one sitting and then went back to re-read I will Wait for you on the same day - but will remain one of my favourite for the year, and both will stay with me for long, of that I'm sure.
Because then, it would hit even harder.
On the other hand, having read the prequel last, everything in there was peppered with the outcome I already knew of. And it was sad.
There's a gentle beauty to the writing that was evident in I will Wait for You and is present throughout Six Records, and it's a gentleness that belies the deeper, hidden turmoils I'm sure the author lived with. He barely makes reference to how he's affected by the fact he cannot go about with Husband as freely and innocently as 'regular' couples because of a society where same sex love is still massively unnaccepted. But the effects are there, hidden in the words, coming through them and the crumbs he gathers to his hands of the moments they're allowed the public display of physical intimacy other couples are free to display - like when Husband is drunk and he has to help him walk back home, overjoyed that this gives him an excuse to throw his arms around Husband and touch him, hold him. And the kissing moment outside, worried if anyone might see, but still revelling on it. Knowing the outcome, these moments are sad, because I'm sure there are still far too many couples who have to steal this kind of public display of affection in dark street corners, out of the public eye, for fear of being vilified, abused, never accepted.
This slice of life account of extreme normality shows a depth to the relationship between them that is perceived through the mundane gestures and exchanges of every day life, and gives us an insight of both men's personalities and how they love one another - from Husband's initial rejection to his subsequent acceptance, and the author's sweet teasing of him, when they already live together like a married couple.
It's a short read - i read it in one sitting and then went back to re-read I will Wait for you on the same day - but will remain one of my favourite for the year, and both will stay with me for long, of that I'm sure.
sad
medium-paced