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A review by markwillnevercry
Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
2.25
Astonishingly, for most of the book I just felt bored. This is a story about one man coming to terms with his sexuality, while a civil rights movement is happening all around him and he gets involved, but only involved enough to impress someone he is dating. Every step of the way the main character cares about himself more than anyone else and it just feels icky, specifically seeing how much the author focuses on the fact that this is fiction, there was nothing stopping the author from making his main character care more about the world around him, instead, he is no better than everyone arguing that it is "just not an issue that changes anything in their lives".
Overall, this is a pretty good reflection on views on homosexuality (and no other part of LGBTQIA+ community) in 1960's and nothing else outside that, really.
My only book note is about the introduction, because
“It is ever the conundrum of the introducer of something really good that the thing itself needs no introduction, it needs only to be read.” seeing, that we are on page 4 of introduction, I take it that this is not something ‘really good’
Overall, this is a pretty good reflection on views on homosexuality (and no other part of LGBTQIA+ community) in 1960's and nothing else outside that, really.
My only book note is about the introduction, because
“It is ever the conundrum of the introducer of something really good that the thing itself needs no introduction, it needs only to be read.” seeing, that we are on page 4 of introduction, I take it that this is not something ‘really good’