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celestihel's review
4.0
This story was fantastic, with all kinds of angles you normally don't see covered in memoirs about the lived experience of AIDS (and all the other threads!) The author makes it very clear that he will not shy away from his opinions or sugarcoat real life because it may make the reader uncomfortable or fly in the face of popularly accepted public sculpting of the disease. I love an author who wants to give it raw and I couldn't put it down.
The story was far too good for the editor it got. There were enough copy typos that it was distracting. In one case, a jumbled up dialogue page missing spacing & punctuation made me work hard to try and figure out how it was meant to read. That anything could take you out of the story at all is such a shame.
The story was far too good for the editor it got. There were enough copy typos that it was distracting. In one case, a jumbled up dialogue page missing spacing & punctuation made me work hard to try and figure out how it was meant to read. That anything could take you out of the story at all is such a shame.
thequeerbookish's review
3.0
Good things first, right? Even though the theme is a difficult one, it's an amusant read. I smirked more than once. The whole book's more like a talk than a book. I got the feeling I like I was sitting somewhere with the author and he just told me his story. Okay, he gave a little lecture, too.
But not everything is fun and games. You hear the hard, ugly truth too. If you are sensitive I don't think this is the book for you. If you don't mind reading about death, drugs and sex... go for it.
The reason I gave three stars is the rambling. The book is not in chronological order - which I don't mind. It just reinforces the whole talking thing, I'd say. But sometimes there were just too many words in my eyes and it got not excactly boring... more like exhausting?
Still, it was a very interesting read.
I was provided by Transgress Press with a free ARC in exchange for a honest review. Thank you.
But not everything is fun and games. You hear the hard, ugly truth too. If you are sensitive I don't think this is the book for you. If you don't mind reading about death, drugs and sex... go for it.
The reason I gave three stars is the rambling. The book is not in chronological order - which I don't mind. It just reinforces the whole talking thing, I'd say. But sometimes there were just too many words in my eyes and it got not excactly boring... more like exhausting?
Still, it was a very interesting read.
I was provided by Transgress Press with a free ARC in exchange for a honest review. Thank you.
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