Two Boys Kissing
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Average rating4.1
Based on true events—and narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS—Two Boys Kissing follows Harry and Craig, two seventeen-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record. While the two increasingly dehydrated and sleep-deprived boys are locking lips, they become a focal point in the lives of other teens dealing with universal questions of love, identity, and belonging.
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Surprisingly rebatable at times. Once I neared the ending, I stayed up late to finish it. It made my heart beat faster, gave me reason to feel grateful and provided food for thought in the form of ample quotable passages.
“They hold hands, feel like they are witnessing something monumental, something that could change things. It won’t, but that feeling, that spirit will live on in everyone here, everyone who sees. The spirit will change things.”
3.5
First of all I loved the Greek chorus and the use of we .but It did not wow me . I liked the characters but I felt distant
But not a bad book
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Je m'attendais à un roman gay de style “young adult” comme j'en lis quelquefois, le dernier en date était “Boy meets boy” du même auteur. Je m'attendais donc à une histoire d'amour mignonne entre deux garçons. J'ai été agréablement surpris : il y a bien sûr de bons sentiments, c'est la loi du genre, mais c'est aussi très touchant, plus que ne le sont d'habitude les romans de ce style. Sans doute grâce aux paroles des narrateurs, des garçons homosexuels morts du SIDA dans les années 80 et 90, et qui observent désormais les générations suivantes de jeunes garçons qui vivent leur homosexualité au grand jour.
