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Carved in Bone
- A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 2)
- De: Michael Nava
- Narrado por: Thom Rivera
- Duración: 9 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 73
The first new Henry Rios novel in 20 years from six-time Lambda Literary award winner Michael Nava is a brilliantly plotted mystery that weaves together the gripping story of two gay men against the backdrop of 1980s San Francisco as the tsunami of AIDS bears down upon the city.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love it!
- De Annika en 05-16-20
- Carved in Bone
- A Henry Rios Novel (The Henry Rios Mysteries, Book 2)
- De: Michael Nava
- Narrado por: Thom Rivera
Marvelous
Revisado: 08-07-24
I just finished *Lay Your Sleeping Head* and *Carved in Bone,* the first two novels in Nava’s Henry Ríos Mystery Series. Wow. Just… wow.
This is true literature - complex and compelling stories woven with nuanced characters within a backdrop of historical queerness that reflects on timeless issues we face - isolation and loneliness, love and lust, aging, alcoholism, sex addiction, redemption and hope, self-discovery and second chances. I cannot say enough positive things about these books, and I am so thrilled there are more in the series.
MM books that address HIV and AIDS often get a little tired, as many of you mention - we want to move beyond it and not have that era define us as a people. But the way he utilizes the time and place of his stories to provide poignant commentary and reflection on fears, hopes, pain and joy that are universal to the human experience… it is marvelous. If you have ready *Sacrament* by Clive Barker, Nava weaves HIV and AIDS into his narrative in a similar way. It isn’t the central focus of the story, but a foil used for reflection and a moving mechanism at the same time.
I had sort of parsed my avid reading of MM mysteries and crime into a sort of trashy/guilty pleasure subset of reading hobby. Don’t get me wrong - I have loved CS Poe, Joseph Hansen, and Josh Landon. These books are super fun and something in them speaks to me. But Nava’s books have bridged the gap between what is fun to read and what is meaningful read.
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Transposition
- Hazard and Somerset Mystery Series, Book 2
- De: Gregory Ashe
- Narrado por: Tristan James
- Duración: 10 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 558
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 513
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 510
Emery Hazard and his partner, John-Henry Somerset, have solved their first case together. The brutal murders that rocked the quiet town of Wahredua have been put to rest. Hazard, however, finds his life has only grown more complicated as he adjusts to his new home. Living with Somers, whom he has been drawn to since high school, makes "complicated" the understatement of the year.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Frustrating
- De Bruce D. Parker en 09-02-18
- Transposition
- Hazard and Somerset Mystery Series, Book 2
- De: Gregory Ashe
- Narrado por: Tristan James
Transphobic
Revisado: 06-06-24
The representation of trans people and the superior positioning of white masculine gay cis men was so off-putting. I am a white cis gay man, and this made me feel ashamed. What a log-cabin republican mess of a story.
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The Bones Beneath My Skin
- De: TJ Klune
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
- Duración: 12 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 673
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 673
In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: His parents are dead, his older brother wants nothing to do with him, and he's been fired from his job as a journalist in Washington, DC. With nothing left to lose, he returns to his family's summer cabin outside the small mountain town of Roseland, Oregon, to try to find some sense of direction. The cabin should be empty. It's not.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another amazing story
- De Aerielle en 12-13-18
- The Bones Beneath My Skin
- De: TJ Klune
- Narrado por: Greg Tremblay
Excellent story, themes, and characters.
Revisado: 12-03-22
It’s hard to find gay fiction that doesn’t center sex, and this book focuses on humanity and connection. Digestible levels of sci-fi are appreciated. This story is satisfying and heartening.
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Drawing Blood
- A Novel
- De: Poppy Z. Brite
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
- Duración: 14 h y 3 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 136
In the house on Violin Road he found the bodies of his brother, his mother, and the man who killed them both-his father. From the house on Violin Road, in Missing Mile, North Carolina, Trevor McGee ran for his sanity and his soul, after his famous cartoonist father had exploded inexplicably into murder and suicide. Now Trevor is back. In the company of a New Orleans computer hacker on the run from the law, Trevor has returned to face the ghosts that still live on Violin Road, to find the demons that drove his father to murder his family-and worse, to spare one of his sons. But as Trevor begins to draw his own cartoon strip, he loses himself in a haze of lines and art and thoughts of the past, the haunting begins. Trevor and his lover plunge into a cyber-maze of cartoons, ghosts, and terror that will lead either to understanding-true understanding-or to a blood-raining repetition of the past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More Poppy Please!
- De Nielsen Morgan en 10-30-18
- Drawing Blood
- A Novel
- De: Poppy Z. Brite
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey
It was ok.
Revisado: 11-20-22
This book held my attention, but there are some nauseating coincidences and the characters are exceedingly beautiful and tragic in a teen fantasy kind of way.
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