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A review by ladydewinter
Jack Holmes and His Friend by Edmund White
3.0
This is the first book by White I’ve read. I bought it together with “A Boy’s own story” when I was in London - I found the title intriguing, and I really liked the first passage of the book. And while I can’t honestly say I liked the book, there were great bits every now and then.
“Jack Holmes and his friend” is set in New York in the 60s and 70s, and at the center are Jack and Will. Jack is gay and in love with his straight best friend Will. I liked the way the books explores the different dynamics of each of Jack’s and Will’s relationships, but especially Will’s behavior kept pissing me off. It wasn’t a bad book (I mean, I have read far worse), but I didn’t particularly enjoy reading it and don’t feel like I gained much from having read it. I also found the way the sex was written odd - or rather a bit pretentious, I guess. “Penis” is a horribly unsexy word.
“Jack Holmes and his friend” is set in New York in the 60s and 70s, and at the center are Jack and Will. Jack is gay and in love with his straight best friend Will. I liked the way the books explores the different dynamics of each of Jack’s and Will’s relationships, but especially Will’s behavior kept pissing me off. It wasn’t a bad book (I mean, I have read far worse), but I didn’t particularly enjoy reading it and don’t feel like I gained much from having read it. I also found the way the sex was written odd - or rather a bit pretentious, I guess. “Penis” is a horribly unsexy word.