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Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx

5 reviews

chimichannika's review

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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. 

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hiashleynine's review against another edition

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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


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akane_shio's review

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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


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luckystarlane's review

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4.0


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matmat's review against another edition

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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.

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