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Post by Dabeagle on Sept 11, 2019 15:49:04 GMT -5
First off, I enjoyed the book. The premise is kind of unusual - son of the president falling for a prince of Wales and all the international silliness that might include. The main character is neurotic and more than a little selfish. He's shut a lot of things out of his life - like living - in favor of making a name for himself in politics. Although he's very intelligent, he also comes with that attitude most of us had when we were young - why is this so tough? We should be able to do this now. There is one character, the president's chief of staff (female president, kudos) who is a bitch throughout and I still twitch when I think about the way she talks to people and they just put up with it.
As befitting the modern age the main character, Alex, and the prince, Henry, text each other - and they are a really great snapshot of two intelligent people holding a conversation and it shows the one thing so many writers with gay characters struggle with - giving us characters with interests outside having sex with each other. Sometimes we may hear an argument that being gay/bi is just about sex - and it's false. This illustrates that, while still including the fact these are two young, sexually active men in love.
I think, though, this book will resonate more with people a bit younger than myself. There are musical references that point to something that would be shared with readers of a certain age that lack the same meaning, and thus connection, to me. Overall it was worth reading.
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Post by simonuk on Sept 16, 2019 5:54:38 GMT -5
First off, I enjoyed the book. The premise is kind of unusual - son of the president falling for a prince of Wales and all the international silliness that might include. The main character is neurotic and more than a little selfish. He's shut a lot of things out of his life - like living - in favor of making a name for himself in politics. Although he's very intelligent, he also comes with that attitude most of us had when we were young - why is this so tough? We should be able to do this now. There is one character, the president's chief of staff (female president, kudos) who is a bitch throughout and I still twitch when I think about the way she talks to people and they just put up with it.
As befitting the modern age the main character, Alex, and the prince, Henry, text each other - and they are a really great snapshot of two intelligent people holding a conversation and it shows the one thing so many writers with gay characters struggle with - giving us characters with interests outside having sex with each other. Sometimes we may hear an argument that being gay/bi is just about sex - and it's false. This illustrates that, while still including the fact these are two young, sexually active men in love.
I think, though, this book will resonate more with people a bit younger than myself. There are musical references that point to something that would be shared with readers of a certain age that lack the same meaning, and thus connection, to me. Overall it was worth reading.
Sounds like something id like to read- i shall give it a go i think.
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