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Title: Closing Distance by Jim Oliver ISBN: 1-55583-376-4 Publisher: Alyson Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Poignant
Comment: It's interesting to go back and read these books that were written before the mid-nineties and the introduction of protease inhibitors. They are often angry, desperately sad, or hopeless. But this one chooses to focus not on the fear of AIDS, though it's a subtext throughout the book, but how foolish it is to think that any of us are somehow exempt from mortality and illness. While the main character and his family cope with the mother's failing health, and in spite of being adult children, there are still dramas to be played out, choices to be made, lives to be lived. And amidst suffering, love to be discovered--or rediscovered--both familial and romantic--and invited into one's life for nourishment. At times humorous, at times painful, this novel is at heart a balanced look at decent people navigating their way through their daily lives.
Rating: 5
Summary: A celebration and acceptance of gay life
Comment: How many times have you borrowed a book and then went out to buy it AFTER you read it? This book is a keeper, probably one of the best books of gay fiction I've read. While it was indeed tough to get into the book at first, as one reviewer commented, it was well worth the read. Once past the first few chapters, I wasn't able to put it down. It made me smile, and there were chapters in there (particularly when describing his brother-in-law poolside) that you wondered why it was in the book at all. But, afterward, the payoff was such that you were even tempted to reread these chapters over again, hoping to get the point once more. What I liked about this book was its celebration and acceptance of gay life from various perspectives, all not necessarily gay (for instance, from his Mother's point of view). This book will have you smiling, and wanting to remember particular lines, and jumping for joy. And maybe even give you a few good, happy tears at points. I would most assuredly recommend this book to anyone. A must read!
Rating: 1
Summary: Not worth the price of admission.
Comment: I don't know what the reviewers were on when they read this book, but it certainly effected their judgement. This book is terrible! I couldn't get past the 2nd chapter. It has no organization whatsover. I almost became dizzy trying to keep track of who was who. It's just plain poor writing. Nothing against the author at all, but that's how it is. Avoid at all costs.
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Title: Almost Like Being in Love : A Novel by Steve Kluger ISBN: 0060595833 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 11 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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