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The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon

Tom Spanbauer

Start date: January 1, 2013

Finish date: February 28, 2013

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Mar 29, 2011 Randal rated it really liked it

Shelves: lgbtq, favorites, gender

Queer as folktales. This is the kind of book I've been craving to read for a long time--and not just because it features a multiracial, bisexual boy raised in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century whorehouse.

Yes, it's heavy-handed at times. A couple of key phrases are hammered home a bit too frequently. Race wanders in and out of the story like a bull that had sensitivity training before entering the china shop. And sex is presented either too bluntly or too abstractly.

But there's a sweet mysticism to ...more

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Jan 08, 2024 Matthew rated it liked it

This one took a long time to get through. It started out rough, as the narration is very stylized and poetic, but once I got accustomed to that, it picked up for a good middle bit... and then the ending disappointed again. The last few dozen pages are almost unintelligible, insofar as I don't actually know what's happening. I'm not a fan of that.

I personally don't buy into trigger warnings -- I like the idea of content tags better, which is a phrase that means the same thing without the negative ...more

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Dec 21, 2008 Jeff rated it really liked it

Shelves: gay

This was a crazy novel. It sorta made me feel uncomfortable at times. It revolved around sex and the author, given an opportunity, would relate any situation to a cock or cunt. I couldn't stop reading. For the trashy incestuous sex novel it is, it was well written with distinctive characters, plot twists, deep meaning and a home feel that grips you in. Its deals with a slew of discrimination issues and relates the past in an effortless fashion. ...more

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