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lucyatoz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The story is in 3 parts spanning 1983 to 1987 , the years of Margaret Thatcher's and the Conservative Party's second term of government. Gerald Fedden is a just elected MP having been a successful business man. However, over the 4 years, Nick, who is gay, loses one lover and another becomes infected as HIV/AIDS becomes prevalent and Gerald becomes embroiled in a financial and sexual scandal that threatens this career and his long marriage to Rachel.
It is a powerful story of the relationships between friends, family and lovers and the experiences of Nick has as he lives across two different parts of society.
I own a copy of this book and listened to it on BorrowBox. I read this for prompt 17, nominated for the Booker Prize, and was the winner in 2004, for the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2024.
Graphic: Outing, Death, Sexual content, Homophobia, Drug use, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Infidelity
Moderate: Medical content
Minor: Vomit
philippmk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Self harm, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Outing, Infidelity, and Drug use
introverted_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Homophobia, Outing, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, Racism, Addiction, Mental illness, and Self harm
hannakutlu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Classism
Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, Homophobia, Drug use, and Gaslighting
gemma7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
Its like we are on the side-lines and not being allowed too much into the 'plot' or the characters psyche, which may be the intention but 500 pages of that is tedious.
Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content
Moderate: Mental illness, Classism, Death, Homophobia, Terminal illness, and Infidelity
Minor: Racial slurs, Self harm, Xenophobia, and Racism