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A review by librarianpeter
Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams by Brent Hartinger
4.0
To the other longtime readers of Brent Hartinger's Russel Middlebrook series: after reading this book you're going to be wondering the same thing that I was.
WHEN THE HELL DID KEVIN LAND BECOME THE PERFECT BOYFRIEND!?
Okay. On with my review.
Continuing on with Russel and his journey through adulthood we now find that he and Kevin have moved to L.A. in order to make Russel's dream of becoming a famous screenwriter come true. Sidenote, Kevin has also sacrificed a career in Seattle to move with Russel in order to support his dream. See? Perfect boyfriend. Anyways, the predominant theme of this book is desperation. Anyone who knows anything about Los Angeles and the show business industry knows or will find out in this book that EVERYONE in this city and this industry is desperate. They move to Hollywood in hopes of someday making it big and famous. It's a desperation to fulfill their dreams. Along the way Russel realizes his dream through an attractive offer to produce his movie from a formerly famous and prolific movie producer and slowly but surely succumbs to the desperation the rest of the city suffers from and without knowing it. He meets the other denizens of his apartment building who share the same dreams as well as some other interesting characters. There's a bit of spirituality thrown in the mix, a sexy but desperate neighbor, movie trivia and last but certainly not least the return of much beloved (at least by me) ex-boyfriend and friend Otto Digmore. Otto's also living in L.A. and desperate to make it big in the city of broken dreams (significance to come later).
Russel continues to amuse me with his bit of innocence, humor, but also with a fair bit of exasperating mixed in. The steady loving presence of Kevin is just what we all wanted ever since the days of the Geography Club and the return of Otto is also another link to Russel's past that we didn't know we wanted.
I conclude this with a reiteration of my earlier question.
WHEN THE HELL DID KEVIN LAND BECOME THE PERFECT BOYFRIEND.
The ending will make you smile.
WHEN THE HELL DID KEVIN LAND BECOME THE PERFECT BOYFRIEND!?
Okay. On with my review.
Continuing on with Russel and his journey through adulthood we now find that he and Kevin have moved to L.A. in order to make Russel's dream of becoming a famous screenwriter come true. Sidenote, Kevin has also sacrificed a career in Seattle to move with Russel in order to support his dream. See? Perfect boyfriend. Anyways, the predominant theme of this book is desperation. Anyone who knows anything about Los Angeles and the show business industry knows or will find out in this book that EVERYONE in this city and this industry is desperate. They move to Hollywood in hopes of someday making it big and famous. It's a desperation to fulfill their dreams. Along the way Russel realizes his dream through an attractive offer to produce his movie from a formerly famous and prolific movie producer and slowly but surely succumbs to the desperation the rest of the city suffers from and without knowing it. He meets the other denizens of his apartment building who share the same dreams as well as some other interesting characters. There's a bit of spirituality thrown in the mix, a sexy but desperate neighbor, movie trivia and last but certainly not least the return of much beloved (at least by me) ex-boyfriend and friend Otto Digmore. Otto's also living in L.A. and desperate to make it big in the city of broken dreams (significance to come later).
Russel continues to amuse me with his bit of innocence, humor, but also with a fair bit of exasperating mixed in. The steady loving presence of Kevin is just what we all wanted ever since the days of the Geography Club and the return of Otto is also another link to Russel's past that we didn't know we wanted.
I conclude this with a reiteration of my earlier question.
WHEN THE HELL DID KEVIN LAND BECOME THE PERFECT BOYFRIEND.
The ending will make you smile.