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Way to pull on the heartstrings

Revisado: 09-17-24

Teared up like seven times. TJ Klune created another amazing story. By far one of the greatest storytellers of our generation!

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Another typical gay story

Revisado: 07-10-23

I am conflicted. The story was good but followed the same troupe as every other gay story.

Spoilers to follow...

It set itself up to have deeper exploration of the main characters complex feelings of need to please everyone, discover who he truly is and have some self respect in the men he chooses to start a relationship with. That is the direction it seemed it was headed.

Instead, we have just another vapid, insecure gay man hero worshiping straight men. Shocker.

The entire time he is unhappy with his life and complains about it but doesn't actually fix anything. He loves the piano; hates his job. Sticks with the job. Has massive insecurity issues, doesn't do anything about it.

He ultimately falls for the straight athlete. After getting out of a toxic relationship; he decides to enter another toxic relationship. Is subservient to the needs of the guy, foregoing any self-respect he was working towards.

So, though a decent read, I am let down by the predictable and ultimately stereotypical ending.

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Eh

Revisado: 09-26-22

It didn't go anywhere....it was just one tone. Good twist in the middle and then....didn't resolve anything.

Overall not impressed.

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Ugh

Revisado: 08-14-22

Disappointed. The end did not feel like the characters at all. It was out of left field and was not befitting at all.

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Great concept...but..

Revisado: 06-15-22

I really don't want to ruin anything so I will keep it to a minimum.

I love the concept.I think the story had great bones.

My biggest issue is by taking this story on there there are a lot of heavy very real issues. There is great opportunity to take these on and really really explore racism and homosexuality in the past.

However, I feel like all the characters were way too agreeable in moments that realistically would not have been nearly as easy for the time period. It was way too sugar coated.

However, the story kept me intrigued. I couldn't wait to see how this ended. So many choices and so many ways that this could end beautifully.

Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

Reggie throughout the entire story is mature. Grasping the big picture of the whole situation. The ending makes him immature. It feels more like a bratty teen not getting what he wants than love. The ending made no sense.

Ugh!! I have screamed and ranted for an hour to my household now.

So much potential...sadly...not satisfying

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Great listen! Rough Start.

Revisado: 06-08-22

Ok...I wasn't sure I was going to finish this book after a couple chapters. The bashing of Clay in the beginning was a bit much. All the characters were horrible to him without giving an actual reason why they or the reader should dislike him.

However, as it continued, it turned into a beautiful and sweet story. I loved the progression of the characters and the love they had felt genuine.

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Good but...

Revisado: 12-05-21

I liked it overall, but the middle was a bit redundant. The ending was just shy of satisfying.

Decent read/listen.

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Conflicted Opinion

Revisado: 08-09-21

So it took me a bit to figure out what to say about this book. Spoilers ahead by the way.

So the story itself was intriguing and enjoy a good LGBT horror BUT it just fell flat. They talk about this monster the whole book but the creature gets a short explanation for it's actions at the end and becomes one of the least interesting things about the story. Soooo much more could have been done with it.

Also, becomes too weird when the conclusion to a lot of the mystery is a ring of pedophiles with weird fetishes that run a town.

The main character is anticlimactic and the side characters have way more personality.

A lot of questions still remain and the narrators overdone southern accent is distracting.

Just felt there was great potential for the story but....just lacked overall.

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Eh...

Revisado: 07-29-21

I liked it but...it fell sorta flat. The concept was great. I loved the characters but there was just something missing for me.

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Simply.. extraordinary

Revisado: 07-22-21

I usually don't "fan girl" over much but pretty much anything written by TJ klune is amazing. His characters are lovable and ridiculous in the best possible way. If you haven't read his many other books I highly recommend you do. Also, Michael Lesley brings his stories to life and could read the back of a cereal box and make it the most amazing story. I am in full support of cloning TJ Klune so he can have an army of himself to write faster and I don't have to wait so long in between his books. Please and thank you.

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