A review by shanthecitygirl
Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I think this is a good book but it wasn't to my taste. It told a very interesting historical story about a briefly famous French Pianist with an imagined happily ever after ending. I loved that the author examined how this young man might have felt going through a rise and fall of fame and handling the complex politics of sponsorship and homosexual love at this time. That being said, it felt more like a portrait of a man instead of a story with a beginning, middle, and end.