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Dancing Dirty
by
Ryan Field (Goodreads Author)
It's the summer of 1978, it's the middle of the disco era, and dancing is one of the hottest trends. But eighteen year old Junior has never seen the inside of a gay bar or danced with another man. His mother and father think he's just shy about meeting girls and that he'll grow out of it. His little sister drives him insane with her constant invisible companion, a talking...more
ebook, 197 pages
Published
October 8th 2010
by Ravenous Romance
(first published March 18th 2010)
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This is a difficult book to review because the setup, Summer Camp, is so alien to me. Apart from the film "A Walk on the Moon" I've had zero exposure to the scene. The summer break in Australia only goes for about five weeks and the closest I've ever experienced to this would be families having regular bookings at one of the coastal caravan parks.
There would be no organised entertainment for starters.
To Junior, a gay young man going there in the late seventies, this experience must have been jus...more
There would be no organised entertainment for starters.
To Junior, a gay young man going there in the late seventies, this experience must have been jus...more
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This story is basically the gay version of Dirty Dancing, though that is quite obvious from the title and summary, so if you liked the movie and you like gay romance, you might want to give this book a chance.
It's true, thought, that that makes me deduct originality points from this story, but it was well written, with hot, naughty sex scenes. As for the lacking originality, there is at least one thing to disprove it - a invisible dog/pooka which could only be seen by the sister of one of the ma...more
It's true, thought, that that makes me deduct originality points from this story, but it was well written, with hot, naughty sex scenes. As for the lacking originality, there is at least one thing to disprove it - a invisible dog/pooka which could only be seen by the sister of one of the ma...more
Incredible retelling of this story, faithful to the movie but with necessary changes that work and make sense. Okay, I realize that sounds contradictory, but you have to read the book to understand.
The big change, with no relation to the movie at all, is the inclusion of Elmer. I loved Elmer and it just seemed to work so well.
I enjoyed Junior's characterization, as well as Carlo's...equivalent to their movie counterparts, but not EXACTLY the same. Ugh, I'm repeating myself now, and sounding just...more
The big change, with no relation to the movie at all, is the inclusion of Elmer. I loved Elmer and it just seemed to work so well.
I enjoyed Junior's characterization, as well as Carlo's...equivalent to their movie counterparts, but not EXACTLY the same. Ugh, I'm repeating myself now, and sounding just...more
I only managed 5 chapters before giving up. It isn't by any means an exact (gay) replica of the movie Dirty Dancing (which I have seen done - and done really well - in several fandoms within m/m fan fiction) but it stuck just closely enough to Dirty Dancing's screenplay to feel like plagiarism, rather than a retelling. All of the references to "how things were back in '78 compared to today" were really jarring and stopped any given paragraph, never mind the story as a whole, from having real flo...more
Unoriginal retelling of the popular movie. If you liked the movie and want to read a word for word gay adaption this is the book for you. This is a great book for people looking for an exact recreation of the movie with gay protagonists. Nothing has changed at all, except the gender of the young rich kid.
*2.5 Stars*
The thing I liked most about this book - Elmer. I liked Elmer a lot!
The thing I liked least about this book - the (I want to say misogynistic but that is perhaps too strong a word so I'll just use...) bitchy portrayal and descriptions of some of the female characters. Did NOT like that at all!
The thing I liked most about this book - Elmer. I liked Elmer a lot!
The thing I liked least about this book - the (I want to say misogynistic but that is perhaps too strong a word so I'll just use...) bitchy portrayal and descriptions of some of the female characters. Did NOT like that at all!
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Ryan Field is a gay fiction writer who has worked in many areas of publishing for the past 20 years. He's the author of the bestselling "Virgin Billionaire" series and the short story, "Down the Basement," which was included in the Lambda Award winning anthology titled "Best Gay Erotica 2009." Though not always, he sometimes writes gay parodies of *straight* mainstream fiction/films in the same wa...more
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