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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A beautiful book that is as much an object as a narrative; I love the sepia ink of the hardcover edition. There are apparently ebook and audiobook versions of this, but I think it absolutely should be read on paper. I can’t image how the audiobook in particular would capture the nuances of this book. It should feel like something the reader discovered by accident.
I won’t attempt to synopsize it, but most of the book is dialogue between two gay men, exchanging stories of their life, and it’s interspersed with some redacted passages of Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns, as well as photographs and other visuals. There’s a pleasing tension between oral and sanctioned histories, whose stories are told, whose research is acknowledged, and how much of this is truly fiction, anyway?
I won’t attempt to synopsize it, but most of the book is dialogue between two gay men, exchanging stories of their life, and it’s interspersed with some redacted passages of Sex Variants: A Study of Homosexual Patterns, as well as photographs and other visuals. There’s a pleasing tension between oral and sanctioned histories, whose stories are told, whose research is acknowledged, and how much of this is truly fiction, anyway?
setting down for now at 40%. maybe I'll pick it up again, I'm just not really engaged rn
Not quite the same magic as We the Animals, but reckons with some of the more mature topics than We the Animals is able to. An impressive collage, just not quite to my taste
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No