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Summary: Surpassed my expectations
Review: I love a book about romance. All we seem to find these days in homosexual literature, if we can call it that, is sex. And that is deemed as erotica. Mark Roeder does well with the Romeo and Juliet plot line. He makes the characters real, and the plotline almost seemingly his own. You tend to sometimes forget that that is what it is based on.
ANCIENT PREJUDICE hurt me in so many ways. It pulled my heart almost every step of the way. I admit it was slow in the beginning, and it was repititious. But it works. It is told from the point of view of an eighteen year old who just meet his soul mate. We all felt that way when we met the first person we ever thought we wanted to be with. Mark conveys that very well. He knows how to get into the mind of...youth.
I cannot wait to pick up the rest of the YOUTH series. I highly reccomend that you do as well.
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Summary: Surpassed my expectations
Review: I love a book about romance. All we seem to find these days in homosexual literature, if we can call it that, is sex. And that is deemed as erotica. Mark Roeder does well with the Romeo and Juliet plot line. He makes the characters real, and the plotline almost seemingly his own. You tend to sometimes forget that that is what it is based on.
ANCIENT PREJUDICE hurt me in so many ways. It pulled my heart almost every step of the way. I admit it was slow in the beginning, and it was repititious. But it works. It is told from the point of view of an eighteen year old who just meet his soul mate. We all felt that way when we met the first person we ever thought we wanted to be with. Mark conveys that very well. He knows how to get into the mind of...youth.
I cannot wait to pick up the rest of the YOUTH series. I highly reccomend that you do as well.
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Summary: Mark Roeder is the BOMB!!!
Review: I thought I had made a mistake by reading 'Someone is Watching' first and then reading this book (as they were written in the other order). As it turns out, they both occur at the same time, in the same town, to the same group of Friends. Only difference is this one is from the aspect of Mark and Taylor, and 'Someone is Watching' is with Nathan and Ethan. The books work very well together. As I was reading this book, I was seeing some of the same events that were in the other book but from a different groups perspective. That to me is well written! And takes alot of thought! Bravo Mark Roeder! I would, however, HIGHLY recommend reading this book 'Ancient Prejudice' FIRST and then 'Someone is Watching' as although events that occur with Mark and Taylor play out in this book, they are also mentioned in 'Someone is Watching', so I basically knew how 'Ancient Prejudice' would end before I started. This did NOT take away from the excellent story telling the author has done. Yes, there were some obvious spelling and gramatical errors, but HEY... its better than I could have done.... I THROUGHLY ENJOYED this book and have already started on book 3 of the series 'Someone is Killing the Gay Boys of Verona...' It has already proved to be awesome also! I will give you my review of it when I finish... But please read this book... you will be glad you did!!!
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Summary: Highly disappointed.
Review: If you had given a writing assignment to a group 16 year olds at the gay and lesbian youth shelter, this would be the result. By the time you get to the last chapter (which doesn't take too long given how thin the story is) you can just imagine that the semester was over and the class had to come up with an ending....and did. I suppose it might be possible that the author actually INTENDED to make this seem like it was written by someone about 18...but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable.
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Summary: Romeo and Romeo - quite a love story
Review: Some reviewers have complained of the book sounding like it was written by a 16 year old. HELLO!!!! The main character is a 16 year old boy. I think it's one of the charms of the book that Mark Roeder has written a 16 year old boy's thoughts as if the 16 year old had written it. It takes some of us back to the days when we were there. Enough of refuting other reviewers. This book is excellent, but I would strongly recommend your purchasing "The Soccer Field Is Empty" instead (or in addition - Mark would love that!!). The latter book is an expansion of this book. "Ancient Prejudice" relates all events from the viewpoint of Mark Bailey. "Soccer Field" includes the same chapters from Mark's viewpoint, but inserts Taylor Potter's story between each of Mark's chapters. It's very interesting to see the different viewpoints of the two characters as they react to the same events. Try all of Mark Roeder's books, "Gay Youth Chronicles". You'll like them all.
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Summary: Romeo and Romeo - quite a love story
Review: Some reviewers have complained of the book sounding like it was written by a 16 year old. HELLO!!!! The main character is a 16 year old boy. I think it's one of the charms of the book that Mark Roeder has written a 16 year old boy's thoughts as if the 16 year old had written it. It takes some of us back to the days when we were there. Enough of refuting other reviewers. This book is excellent, but I would strongly recommend your purchasing "The Soccer Field Is Empty" instead (or in addition - Mark would love that!!). The latter book is an expansion of this book. "Ancient Prejudice" relates all events from the viewpoint of Mark Bailey. "Soccer Field" includes the same chapters from Mark's viewpoint, but inserts Taylor Potter's story between each of Mark's chapters. It's very interesting to see the different viewpoints of the two characters as they react to the same events. Try all of Mark Roeder's books, "Gay Youth Chronicles". You'll like them all.
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Summary: THE MOST SENSITIVE GAY BOOK I HAVE EVER READ
Review: This is a superb yarn. Not a word is wasted. Mark Roeder takes us on this journey feeling every hurt his characters are feeling. I cried at the end. Really cried. How I wished I were able to jump into the book and help. . .
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Summary: good book, Mark
Review: This is the first in a series that I really enjoyed reading. It wasn't the first one I read, and my only regret is that I didn't follow the chronology of the series. But they are very enjoyable regardless. I won't summarize the plot; there are several other reviews that do that. I'll just say that the characters are treated very sympathetically, and the two characters are the two alter egos of the author. Mark is his more physical side, Taylor his more sensitive side. Knowing that made it more enjoyable for me. A good book for every man or boy who feels a different kind of love.
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