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A review by laaurenculpan
Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
3.0
so admittedly i did read this as one of the goodreads challenges and because i couldn’t decide which one to read, i put it into a random wheel spinner so the fates decided!
but i am glad it did! i dont think i would have read/listened to this book if something else hadn’t decided for me. and it’s not because i didn’t want too; i just didn’t have much interest in American history (admittedly i still don’t) that being said, i learned so much from this book. i had no idea how back and forth the LGBTQIA+ community had to go through in American politics. it sounds naive i know but ive never stopped to think about what happened before i was born (Jeremy and his partner met the year i was born) so to hear about all of the different stories/history from not even 30 years ago was insane. there were many a tragic story included and interwoven with the story of Jeremy and ‘Famous’, which i wish we did have more of. Don’t get me wrong, i was fascinated by the history but i would have liked to hear abit more about their love story (particularly as the title was “The Gayest Love Story Ever Told”).
I’m glad I listened to the audio of this, as I loved hearing the passion of Jeremy’s storytelling throughout. You could tell that this topic meant a lot to him and this story was itching to be told. He had a way with phrases and words, they were quite poetic and his voice almost have a musical tone to it. i thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.
i’ve rated it 3 stars because whilst for the most part, i did enjoy it, there were days when i pushed myself through trying to listen to it because at points it was a it of a slog. although i learned a lot and ive taken something away from this book, i think it was a bit too intelligent for me
but i am glad it did! i dont think i would have read/listened to this book if something else hadn’t decided for me. and it’s not because i didn’t want too; i just didn’t have much interest in American history (admittedly i still don’t) that being said, i learned so much from this book. i had no idea how back and forth the LGBTQIA+ community had to go through in American politics. it sounds naive i know but ive never stopped to think about what happened before i was born (Jeremy and his partner met the year i was born) so to hear about all of the different stories/history from not even 30 years ago was insane. there were many a tragic story included and interwoven with the story of Jeremy and ‘Famous’, which i wish we did have more of. Don’t get me wrong, i was fascinated by the history but i would have liked to hear abit more about their love story (particularly as the title was “The Gayest Love Story Ever Told”).
I’m glad I listened to the audio of this, as I loved hearing the passion of Jeremy’s storytelling throughout. You could tell that this topic meant a lot to him and this story was itching to be told. He had a way with phrases and words, they were quite poetic and his voice almost have a musical tone to it. i thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.
i’ve rated it 3 stars because whilst for the most part, i did enjoy it, there were days when i pushed myself through trying to listen to it because at points it was a it of a slog. although i learned a lot and ive taken something away from this book, i think it was a bit too intelligent for me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content
Moderate: Death