Comments on: Broken

By: Jenre

Jenre — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:05:52 +0000

HI JFM
Hope you enjoy it too .

By: Jenre

Jenre — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:05:10 +0000

I’ve got RSL in my tbr pile too! I’ve not quite plucked up the courage to face it yet .

By: Recommended Reading – December 2009 - Reviews by Jessewave

Recommended Reading – December 2009 - Reviews by Jessewave — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:46:59 +0000

[...] Broken by Dawn Kimberly Johnson (Jenre) Snow on the Mountain by P. D. Singer (Jenre) The Green Man by M. King (Erastes) Old Poison by Josh Lanyon (Wave) The Persian Boy by Mary Renault (Charlie Cochrane) American Hunks by David L. Chapman and Brett Josef Grubisic (Leslie) I Like It Like That: True Stories of Gay Male Desire by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel (Leslie) Personal Demons by James Buchanan (Jenre) Uneven by Anah Crow (Val Kovalin) Riddle of the Sands by Geoffrey Knight (Wave) Strange Fortune by Josh Lanyon (wave) The Phoenix by Ruth Sims Mordred Bastard Son by Douglas Clegg (Val Kovalin) [...]

By: junkfoodmonkey

junkfoodmonkey — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:56:00 +0000

Well, I love me a bit of angst, so between that and the British setting this is definitely a one to put on the reading list for me.

By: Wave

Wave — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:05:12 +0000

Jen
I will. Although I’m still avoiding Regularly Scheduled Life that I’ve had for about a year.

By: Jenre

Jenre — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:06:39 +0000

Hi Lynn
I’ll look forward to your views on this .

By: Aunt Lynn

Aunt Lynn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:33:48 +0000

Thanks Jen. I have this at the top of my TBR file, and am eager to begin it. I’ll let you know if I agree with your review or not afterward.

By: Jenre

Jenre — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:37:34 +0000

Hi Tam
This just goes to show that we’re all different. To be honest I don’t often like stories which are too emotional but this one worked well for me. The characterisation and the quality of writing was enough to draw me into the story and although it was angsty, I didn’t feel that I had been put too much through the emotional wringer by the end.

By: Jenre

Jenre — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:33:46 +0000

Hi Wave
Although there was a lot of angst in the book the characters don’t actually spend too much time feeling sorry for themselves. There is a bit at the beginning where Eli tries to shut himself away from everything – more in order to protect himself from his perceived pity from others – but once Alec arrives on the scene the story gradually becomes more upbeat with only the occasional backward slide. I didn’t ever feel impatient or annoyed with the characters – which is quite unusual for me because I’m an ‘oh for goodness sake, pull yourself together’ type of gal. They trod the right side of the line between realistic emotional trauma and too over the top and emo.
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Give it a go, Wave. You won’t regret it .

By: Wave

Wave — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:21:25 +0000

Jen
I’m with Tam. I just read another book which didn’t contain 1/3 of the angst that seems to be in this book and I had a hard time with it. I find that a lot of M/M writers seem to belabour the emo and angst in the men’s relationships.One of the reasons I love murder mysteries is that most of them concentrate on the actual mystery and don’t dwell too much on angst.

Having said that, this does seem like an excellent story and based on your review I will probably give it a whirl.