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The Absolutist by John Boyne
A challenging and emotional novel that is both engrossing and difficult to read. Boyne offers us a tale of war, love, jealousy, and the way in which one’s principles can dictate one’s life. It is a gut-wrenching story and it was impossible not to feel affected by what Tristan β our main character β experiences…
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This House is Haunted by John Boyne
This House is Haunted is written in a way that recalls the period in which the story takes places using some of that time’s turn of phrases and other expressions. Both the dialogue and the narration seem over-the-top, punctuated by exaggerations as to keep in faith with the period of the story making the whole…
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The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
This was quite an epic. This novel follows Cyril Avery and depicts the hardships and misadventures he experiences throughout his life. Adopted by two rather distant parents his views on love and family are, from the very start, somewhat unusual. He falls in love with his best friend Julian, a person whom he admires far…
1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 20th century, 4 STARS, Adult, bad love, bildungsroman, CHILDHOOD, coming of age, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), FAMILY SAGA, friendships, gay, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, IRELAND, IRISH AUTHOR, JOHN BOYNE, lgbtq+, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, obsession, queer, read in 2017, SEXUALITY, social issues, THE HEART’S INVISIBLE FURIES, unrequited love
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