Title: Don't Believe the Hype
Product review: Just shows what great cover art will do for a book. I bought it impulsively based on the great graphic on the jacket. Ooops, that was the first and last time. It is also the first and last time I buy a book based on the collective start rating on Amazon. Who reviews these books, 14 year olds?I found this book hard to finish as it just didn't seem "authentic". I had a hard time relating to many aspects of the main character as he just didn't feel "real" to me. I also had a hard time with the way he rushed to finish the book and tidy up his life in a nice little package.Perhaps if you grew up gay in the midwest during the 70s/80s you can relate to this book but the only decent part was his description of his relationship to his relatives. Like most "coming out" novels this one seems to be another self absorbed recount of a fairly boring life.
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