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chimichannika's review
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
I haven’t seen the movie but decided to read this book this year and am so glad I did. Two rural, low-income queer men find connection and love in one another, and are drawn to each other over the years but because of society cannot be together. Brokeback Mountain is a series of short and poignant snapshots throughout their lives with many things unsaid between them and in the narrative, but in a way that works, both from a storytelling perspective and to mirror their own relationship. At times it has beautiful moments of prose and at times is raw and gritty. In only 55 pages Proulx tells a lifelong story of compelling, heartbreaking love. It’s emotive and incredibly sad and definitely worth the read.
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Biphobia, Excrement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Child abuse, and Homophobia
hiashleynine's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime and Homophobia
Minor: Child abuse
akane_shio's review
challenging
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Cursing, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, Hate crime, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit, Misogyny, and Sexism
luckystarlane's review
4.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Violence
matmat's review against another edition
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
kicking off 2022 with sad gay cowboys...... yeehaw...
on a more serious note this is a really good short story and deserved the adaptation it got and I wish I had the words to talk more about how LGBT stories filled with passion and yearning and tragedy, dilemmas and confusion wring my heart but yeah. Convinced homosexual love is the purest and truest thing to exist in this world.
on a more serious note this is a really good short story and deserved the adaptation it got and I wish I had the words to talk more about how LGBT stories filled with passion and yearning and tragedy, dilemmas and confusion wring my heart but yeah. Convinced homosexual love is the purest and truest thing to exist in this world.
Graphic: Child abuse, Hate crime, and Homophobia
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