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This book represents a sophisticated take on this oft-neglected pandemic. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know what happened during the early years of the aids epidemic.
The story centers around two yale tishman and his friend fiona. The central biological family (with multiple parallels between parents and children) revolves around fiona and her recently deceased brother nico. Fiona's aunt nora and her art that sets ... Read More
The great believers is a meandering epic reminiscent of the heart's invisible furies. It helps those who've come later to understand the sheer size and emotional gulf that gay men have had to endure before and after the harrowing days of the crisis. F... Read More
This is the history your grandparents didn't live to tell you. I love historical fiction and as i get older i realize that some of the history occurred in my lifetime. This is an incredible story and i love the way the author has woven 3 generations o... Read More
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The author struggles to write crisply. Life is too short to slog through a slow paced and confusing mess of extraneous characters. The author is always present in her prose, telling you a dull dull story about people only interesting to her, and telli... Read More
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Quality
I fell in love with the characters
I fell in love with the characters and hated for it to end
I appreciate this book but since we are in the throes of political crisis and a downer pandemic this is not a book that will he... Read More
Its about a subculture in a period of history that i am unfamiliar with
Competitiveness
I learned much met many and experienced an important part of chicago’s history
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- This product had a total of 10,581 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 20 2023.
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I want to say this book was entertaining but considering the subject matter that doesnt seem like the right word engrossing might be better
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Its weird how it vaguely ties into today and the pandemic the uncertainty of the origin and the division it has caused in people
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I dont necessarily disagree with them but i think it oversimplifies things
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It always seems to be a blaming game about whos worse whos not inclusive enough
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We will not advance as people if we dont stop blaming every injustice in the past on someone today
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The past is the past to be learned from
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I cant imagine what the people who had it and their families went through in the eighties
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There are some shimmering moments of language elaborate philosophical covers for terribly average feelings the images of flotsam and jetsam and riffraff our bridges can no longer handle your gestures of love this disease has magnified our mistakes this last quote almost like prophecy for covid
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