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A review by suze_1624
Offside by Ryan Loveless
4.0
Great story telling!
A tale of how players in professional sport are treated - often moved a short notice, forced to start again. A tale of how one man deals with the pressures of being a gay sports man - and whilst his behaviour doesn't alsways help, you do get a feel for his frustration. A tale of another mans coming realisation that he is gay and how he deals. And through it all, a tale of football ( ok, soccer!). This gave enough info to understand the game, though coming from the eastern side of the Atlantic, it does make sense to me though I' m not a big fan. At the end of the book, the notes explain that US soccer has gone through some changes since being written - so its an historical romance!!!
I did wonder about Logan, he did seem too keen to jump into bed, albeit platonically, with Adam !
15.6.15 Reread - enjoyed reading this one again
22.8.21 reread - read in one gulp, so still an engaging read for me. Adam is not the easiest of characters to like and Colin is like a little puppy at times, but both dealing with shit so excused!
A tale of how players in professional sport are treated - often moved a short notice, forced to start again. A tale of how one man deals with the pressures of being a gay sports man - and whilst his behaviour doesn't alsways help, you do get a feel for his frustration. A tale of another mans coming realisation that he is gay and how he deals. And through it all, a tale of football ( ok, soccer!). This gave enough info to understand the game, though coming from the eastern side of the Atlantic, it does make sense to me though I' m not a big fan. At the end of the book, the notes explain that US soccer has gone through some changes since being written - so its an historical romance!!!
I did wonder about Logan, he did seem too keen to jump into bed, albeit platonically, with Adam !
15.6.15 Reread - enjoyed reading this one again
22.8.21 reread - read in one gulp, so still an engaging read for me. Adam is not the easiest of characters to like and Colin is like a little puppy at times, but both dealing with shit so excused!