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I‘m afraid this #TOBlonglist book just didn‘t work for me. It should be so affecting, dealing with queer coming of age, first love, and grief. But it fell flat for me with a very sappy ending. I have to agree with @BarbaraBB that it felt very YA, not in a good way. Plus, I hate the cover, which reminds me of bad wallpaper.

I enjoyed the story this book was trying to tell about two boys from different backgrounds who become college roommates and keep growing closer and the joy and loss they experience. However I did not like the writing style at all. The dialogue all felt flat and unnatural and everyone had the same voice and there was a lot of telling and not showing with the relationship development. It made it had to become emotionally invested.

#ToBLonglist25

I felt ancient reading this book. It‘s about coming out, about first love and first loss during freshman year. Everyone in the book is sooo gentle and good: it was all a bit too cheesy and YA for me.

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I hope that you had a wonderful birthday @wanderinglynn and I appreciate your celebrating with us in such a fun way. This book is currently the one I most want to get my hands on.

One of my favourites (so far!) from the #ToB longlist. Daniel is a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university. His roommate, Sam, is the opposite - a popular, good-looking guy whose father also attended the college. Against first impressions the two become best friends and then something more, but can their relationship go the distance?

Be warned - it‘s a sad one. 😢