In the Steps of Mister Proust

Rating:
Summary: Pretty good coming-of-age tale
Review: Perhaps unfairly, I was led by reviews and blurbs to expect something unusual and Proustian in the narrative technique. If any such thing was present, it was too subtle for my eye, alas. But the book is an enjoyable and easy-to-read story about a college freshman trying to decide whether he's gay or not. The narrator comes across as a bit whiny (I couldn't really get involved in the family crisis of whether he'll need to dip into the family trust fund to finish college!). The intended audience seems to be young adult, and I'd recommend it as a sensible and sensitive treatment of the usual gay coming-of-age issues.

Rating:
Summary: Pretty good coming-of-age tale
Review: Perhaps unfairly, I was led by reviews and blurbs to expect something unusual and Proustian in the narrative technique. If any such thing was present, it was too subtle for my eye, alas. But the book is an enjoyable and easy-to-read story about a college freshman trying to decide whether he's gay or not. The narrator comes across as a bit whiny (I couldn't really get involved in the family crisis of whether he'll need to dip into the family trust fund to finish college!). The intended audience seems to be young adult, and I'd recommend it as a sensible and sensitive treatment of the usual gay coming-of-age issues.