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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: I found myself so involved with this book I read it in two sittings. I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen with Alex and Nick's "doomed" relationship. I also found myself intrigued by the insight to the soap world, I don't follow any myself, but now I feel I must pick up on one. I only wish there were pictures of every character in this book, except for Barney.
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Summary: Romance -- for men
Review: I read McLaughlin's "Sex Toys of the Gods" a few years ago, and I finally got around to reading his first book. It's as fun and sexy as his second book! Alex Young begins working on a soap series, and ends up dealing with a starlet boyfriend, his public outing in a gossip rag, and his lingering feelings for Nick, the man Alex has always loved. Like Orland Outland's "Every Man for Himself", this book includes commentary on gay culture within a fluffy story of gay men's romance. A really great read and perfect for a relaxing night at home.
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Summary: Load of rubbish
Review: I'm not sure why I read this load of rubbish all the way through to the end. There is not a single likeable character in the book. The premise seems to be that it is perfectly ok to break up a long term couple if one of them happens to be physically unattractive. Some justifiaction is given when Barney, the unattractive one, cheats on Nick, the gorgeous one. However as Nick has already been cheating on Barney for some time by then, it kind of cancels it out. Alex, the lead character is a star in a daytime American soap, who falls in love with Barney's other half, Nick. He is totally obsessed with Nick for the whole book and Nick messes him about so much, I kept wanting to shout "Oh for God's sake, forget him. He's not worth the attention!" But Alex hangs on in there, being hurt & humiliated several times along the way, and of course in the end they manage to get together. Personally I thoght they deserved each other. Maybe the resemblance of the novel to one of those trashy soaps is intentional, but somehow I doubt it. Avoid.
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Summary: Not every book has to be "War & Peace"...
Review: If you take this book for what it is--a light-hearted, campy romp--you'll enjoy it.
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Summary: Great escapism
Review: Not all books have to be plausible or loaded with heavy, hidden meaning, as some of the other reviewers indicate. I greatly enjoyed the story line, the characters, and the complexity of the situations Alex found himself in - not unlike problems most of us find ourselves in (at least to some degree, if not in Hollywood or on a national level). I was sorry to finish it; I also ordered the author's next novel.
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Summary: Funny, yet thoughtful book
Review: Okay, so it's not a book that will make you ponder its meaning for days. But as we watch Alex struggle to make sense of his love life, and what happens when a promising career is sidetracked by being "outed," we get to ponder to what extent we can afford to be true to ourselves while pursuing a career. That Alex's career is so much more visible, and his "secret" is such a controversial one, makes all the more interesting to read the outcome. I did think the ending was a little contrived, and as a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, I must question the use of Austin as a major setting! :-) Overall, though, I really enjoyed this one!
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Summary: Not just your basic boy-meets-boy fairy tale...
Review: The path to true love has always been rocky but it is only Christian McLaughlin who made a slob of a boyfriend be a memorable and major pothole in this endearing tale of an adulterous affair between Alex and Nick.An on-again, off-again closeted boytoy-starlet, a crazed stalker, militant gay activists and the bitchy world of TV soaps -- all these are funny route markers and interesting landmarks to the hopefully fairy-tale ending for our two boys that readers will be rooting for by the time you reach the final chapters. However it turns out, this book will have you reading "happily ever after."
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Summary: Puerile and simplistic
Review: This book has no redeeming features - The writing is bad, the characters are wooden, it is neither funny or insightful. Don't Bother.
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Summary: Junk food when I was hoping for steak
Review: This is an engrossing novel. And though I'm just as happy to read smutty details as the next person, I thought the smut here was just gratuitous. It didn't go anywhere, and it was just sort of thrown in seemingly for shock effect. And I was disappointed by the end. The ending was too neat and tidy with no real explanation. I wasn't a satisfying happy ending. Just not too impressed by something Amazon has been recommending to me for 2 years.
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Summary: Junk food when I was hoping for steak
Review: This is an engrossing novel. And though I'm just as happy to read smutty details as the next person, I thought the smut here was just gratuitous. It didn't go anywhere, and it was just sort of thrown in seemingly for shock effect. And I was disappointed by the end. The ending was too neat and tidy with no real explanation. I wasn't a satisfying happy ending. Just not too impressed by something Amazon has been recommending to me for 2 years.
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