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Last Summer
Josh Felling has always been a romantic--up until the moment his lover Doug announced that he'd had an affair with a guy from their gym. Now, with his life playing out like a very bad movie of the week, Josh impulsively heads to the Cape for a few days--long enough to figure out where his relationship--what's left of it--might be going. But the summer has other plans for J...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
July 1st 2004
by Kensington
(first published August 1st 2003)
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When handed this book and told it was a gay romance novel I admittedly thought great just what I dont want. Though being that I had nothing to do for several hours and my friend had kindly brought this book to me I figured what the hell.
I am so glad that I did. So far from what I would call a romance novel. It is more a book that dives into the lives of multiple characters as the struggle with things very real to them. From the unfaithful partner and deciding to forgive or walk away, to a man t...more
I am so glad that I did. So far from what I would call a romance novel. It is more a book that dives into the lives of multiple characters as the struggle with things very real to them. From the unfaithful partner and deciding to forgive or walk away, to a man t...more
This is the first novel written by a humor essayist that I have been reading lately. It brings the reader to Provincetown on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Known to be a queer-haven and vacation getaway, P-town welcomes a series of characters destined to become intertwined as they search for some summer fun and a chance to get away from their troubles, perhaps redefining themselves in the process.
Bostonian Josh Felling is on the run from his 8-year relationship after learning that his partner Doug h...more
Bostonian Josh Felling is on the run from his 8-year relationship after learning that his partner Doug h...more
This book was like a bad dream. It just wouldn't end. It took me over 3 weeks to finish this book. I kept putting it down and struggling to pick it back up. In the end however, I'm glad I finished it.
There are dozens of characters in this book and I'll tell you, I still can't really keep them all straight, not that any of them are, but centers on Josh, a man cheated on who leaves for Provincetown to find himself. Queens, trannies, lesbians, and twinks. There's some pretty hot sex scenes but it's...more
There are dozens of characters in this book and I'll tell you, I still can't really keep them all straight, not that any of them are, but centers on Josh, a man cheated on who leaves for Provincetown to find himself. Queens, trannies, lesbians, and twinks. There's some pretty hot sex scenes but it's...more
I really enjoyed this book, which reads like a collection of interwoven short stories. The characters were as diverse as the stories they starred in; each story special in its own way.
You feel the anger and betrayal of Josh, even if it seems it's long overdue. You experience the doubt and yearning long suppressed by Reilly. Toby and his innocence makes you want to cry for him.
The lives and loves and antics of all written in Last Summer leave a reader satisfied and longing for such a summer.
You feel the anger and betrayal of Josh, even if it seems it's long overdue. You experience the doubt and yearning long suppressed by Reilly. Toby and his innocence makes you want to cry for him.
The lives and loves and antics of all written in Last Summer leave a reader satisfied and longing for such a summer.
I like the way Ford writes. He's got a great flair with dialogue and he does a good job creating his characters. However, his major flaws are his use of switching point of view from chapter to chapter and having too many characters. In LAST SUMMER, I just wanted to read about Josh and the characters who directly impacted his life. Instead, I got a whole boatload of characters, many of whom I didn't care for. If he'd focused just on Josh and his point of view, this would've been a winner.
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"Last Summer" is one of the best gay novels I've read even though the plots are fairly simple. But, hey, sometimes simple is best, right?
I enjoyed this book because it is diversed with characters that are gay, lesbian, transgendered and questioning. Josh escapes to P-Town from Boston after learning that his lover, Doug, has cheated on him. Toby escapes P-Town from his conservative and close-minded family after coming out to them. Ty and Reid, a Hollywood sta...more
"Last Summer" is one of the best gay novels I've read even though the plots are fairly simple. But, hey, sometimes simple is best, right?
I enjoyed this book because it is diversed with characters that are gay, lesbian, transgendered and questioning. Josh escapes to P-Town from Boston after learning that his lover, Doug, has cheated on him. Toby escapes P-Town from his conservative and close-minded family after coming out to them. Ty and Reid, a Hollywood sta...more
Funny, touching, heartbreaking and wonderful dialogue in this gay romance set in provincetown, MA. They seemed to be a lot of stories in this one book. Some were more interesting than others. He's a great writer and his later works are stellar--Full Circle, Change of Tides, The Road Home.
This is an author that I have really come to enjoy reading. I started reading his work several years ago in an anthology I believe and picked up some of his other books. This book is not only on my virtual bookshelf but one that I have kept on my physical bookshelf.
Life, love and hot sex are woven into a summer in Provencetown. This is Ford's first try at a serious look at gay life and the human spirit. A good read but a familiar one as stories go.
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bad bad writing. poor character definitions, unimaginitive plot.
It was enjoyable if not a little long and slow paced. I did find it to be a bit preachy and judgmental in parts.
Excellent, I couldn't even put the book down! Love book like this one! Love Ptown!
To be honest, gay fiction has not been at the top of my "to read" list. The few efforts I have read have been pretty dismal. This book is certainly an exception. It's not great literature perhaps, but it is indeed a fine effort. Sure, there are problems -- straight people here are almost non existent or closet gays. Then again, this is fiction. I'll be reading more of this author.
I read this book for a book club and I really didn't like it. I have to say that the discussions that came out of the club meeting were great, but the book itself was flat, trite, and none of the characters had any depth.
It is a frothy soap opera.
p.s. If I knew how to do just 1/2 stars I would rate it that instead.
It is a frothy soap opera.
p.s. If I knew how to do just 1/2 stars I would rate it that instead.
Really enjoyed this novel; this first I've read of Michael Thomas Ford. Excellent beach reading - soap opera saga!
Not one of Ford's strongest books, but never the less an intresting perspective of gay life.
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Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than fifty books, for both young readers and adults, in genres ranging from humor to horror, literary fiction to nonfiction. As a writer for young adults he is the author of the popular "Circle of Three" series (writing as Isobel Bird); nonfiction books about spirituality (Paths of Faith), the AIDS crisis (Voices of AIDS), and the gay community (The World...more
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Apr 02, 2011 10:02am