75 reviews for:

Revolutionary Acts: Love & Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain

Jason Okundaye

4.39 AVERAGE

m7mdtonsy's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

caty_murray's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

jaiii's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

aagyaprdhn's review

3.5

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

codedreader's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

flatpeaches's review

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

alicerebekah's review

5.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

hellobilzyb's review

4.75

funny informative inspiring medium-paced

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Brilliant book and stories we so desperately needed to hear. Only reason it didn’t get 5 stars is because I wish it had pictures!!

readingspells's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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I bloody loved this look at black gay Britain, centred around Brixton, during the 70's, 80's and 90's. The author does a truly brilliant job of bringing these men's stories alive. Showing their lives in all their complex, messy, fabulous, sexy, funny and sometimes sad and scary ways so much so that by the end of it I felt I knew each of them personally. 

So much of this book made me laugh. I adored how bitchy and gossipy the men were at times but also how thoughtful and honest they were about their lives, their experiences and the communities they fostered and lived in. 

I listened to the audio which is read fabulously by the author. At times I forgot I was listening to him and felt like I was listening to each of the men who were sharing their stories which I think is testament to his writing as well as his reading.

I loved how he weaved all the stories together and laced it with aspects of social history around racism, HIV, homophobia and of course London and Brixton. It gave context to their stories and therefore made them all the more powerful. 

If you are interested in social history, Queerness, Black Britain, London or just want to hear some wonderful human stories then this is the book for you

daisyjayneking's review

5.0

informative reflective medium-paced