shgrey 's review for:

The New Life by Tom Crewe

4.75

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Slow in the beginning, but at about the halfway point I was hooked in. I am only mad at the very last line of the book, otherwise I think it was wonderfully done and a great fictionalization of a key time in queer history.