Gay & Lesbian Books

Mixed Feelings

Advantages: Thought-provoking, delightful writing style
Disadvantages: Hard-going, slow-moving

Focusing on an episode in the life of Edward Manners in which he emigrates to a Belgian city (unnamed in the text) to tutor students of English, The Folding Star examines the natures of love, lust and obsession. Marketed as a 'gay novel', the novel's num ...

a9robert 07.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst

Good Read

Advantages: Interestingly diverse
Disadvantages: Heavy going in places

After reading The Swimming Pool Library I thought I would try another by the same author........Although I did not enjoy this one quite as much, non the less it is definitely a good read. It is based around Edward Manners who escapes England to go and li ...

robertedgerton 16.07.2000 · Read full review
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Review of The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst

darkly intriguing

Advantages: beautifully descriptive
Disadvantages: incredibly slow paced

...i chose to read this book before the swimming pool library. whilst the folding star is certainly a slow paced book it is laced with side stories of pain & death starkly mirrored by the hopes of youth, the graphic depictions of gay sex may be quite strong ...

mrandys 23.07.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst

World Shattering Love

Advantages: real issues, realistic , engaging characters, prose that locks onto you & doesn't let go
Disadvantages: Book 1 of 6 and ends on a cliffhanger

I've gotta tell you...I've lived in a lot of places and had some...experiences. Growing up, most of my childhood was spent in various parts of the American South: Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, etc. While I have some happy memories, I also know from pe ...

Shroud 23.07.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Little Boy Lost: Enlightened - J.P. Barnaby

Ah, these wanton women

Advantages: Inspiring, memorable, prosaic
Disadvantages: None none none

Why did I buy it: Forever on the hunt for the perfect book on lesbian erotica, I happily stumbled across “Wanton Women: When Girls Get it Together”, by the lovely Miranda Forbes. The book was £2.99 in paperback and as I gently flicked through the pages ...

Walowiz 09.02.2013 · Read full review
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Review of Wanton Women: When Girls Get It Together - Miranda Forbes