17 reviews for:

Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague

Joyce Brabner, Mark Zingarelli

3.65 AVERAGE

virgilsinferno's review against another edition

3.5

informative reflective sad

bookgerm__'s review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring sad fast-paced

sarahrigg's review against another edition

4.0

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This is a story about a heart-breaking time in history, but the book itself is full of humor and love. It tells the tale of a bunch of LGBTQ friends who sell pot to raise money to buy AIDS drugs in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, as well as helping out friends in other ways. Touching. I think a little more context would have been nice, but overall, I really enjoyed this.

storysteph's review against another edition

5.0

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I was three years old when Ray's story begins, so I don't have much in the way of memories of the early days of AIDS. I did become much more interested and involved after watching And the Band Played On when it was first broadcast in 1993 or 1994; I got involved with my local AIDS outreach organization, I volunteered when the Names Project made a stop at the local university, and I devoted 2 years of volunteering (and my senior year college internship) working with another AIDS service agency. This is a topic very, very close to my heart, and I love that this book gave me a new narrative about how we got through the worst of it. I think it should be required reading, but I also acknowledge how many people refuse to accept what a murderous bastard Reagan really was.

toebean5's review against another edition

2.0

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A story that needed to be told. Could've been fleshed out and made into more- that was a little disappointing.

o_watson's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad fast-paced

xdarkthunderx's review against another edition

5.0

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This is probably the best graphic novel I’ve read in a longgg time. It’s a true story about a group of queer people and their friends fighting the AIDS epidemic from the time it came to be to its current status. It’s heartbreaking and painful and honest. A must read for anyone and everyone.

usually_sleep_deprived's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, Grief

noelles's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

bluenicorn's review against another edition

2.0

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A story that needed to be told. Could've been fleshed out and made into more- that was a little disappointing.