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3.82 AVERAGE
3.82 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The author’s gorgeous, quick-witted prose is a great match for this book’s story of looking for love in the wrong places. One of the characters remarks that the story is really about the city. But really, I think they’re one and the same; in this case, the city is the love affair.
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
would have been the perfect beach read if only I hadn‘t finished it on the bus to Marseille😭
I went in thinking I would love this. I mean, it's supposed to be the Gay Gatsby, right?
It has a lot of beautiful language -- and little else. Malone, the enigmatic gay man who gave up a career in law to look for his true love in NYC, finds only an endless loop of drugs and dancing. He and Sutherland, a larger-than-life queen, spend the whole book talking about other people. People we never meet. And who is the narrator?? "I" and "we" are both used and it's never explained who either person is. Truly baffling. Now if this had been a series of poems, it would probably be excellent.
It has a lot of beautiful language -- and little else. Malone, the enigmatic gay man who gave up a career in law to look for his true love in NYC, finds only an endless loop of drugs and dancing. He and Sutherland, a larger-than-life queen, spend the whole book talking about other people. People we never meet. And who is the narrator?? "I" and "we" are both used and it's never explained who either person is. Truly baffling. Now if this had been a series of poems, it would probably be excellent.
I describe this as the pre-AIDS gay(er) Great Gatsby.