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Indlæser... The Knockout Queen: A Novel (original 2020; udgave 2020)af Rufi Thorpe (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Knockout Queen af Rufi Thorpe (2020)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. A beautifully written novel about the friendship between a gay teenager, Michael and over six feet tall BFF Bunny. The dysfunctional family traumas, gay bashing, and mental illness are covered with a combination of sweetness and horror. ( ) Words cannot express how much I hated this book. I didn’t even finish it because it was so vulgar and gross. The characters were boring and one-dimensional. The idea of a teen selling themselves and then the graphic depictions of sexual encounters was too much. I gladly got rid of this book as soon as I could and I feel sorry for whatever unsuspecting soul picked it up. I don’t mean to make a terrible pun, but “The Knockout Queen” was a knockout of a read. I have never read a book that depicted a friendship between misfits that was so heartbreakingly honest and realistic. There were often graphic descriptions of violence and sexual acts mentioned, so sensitive readers should take heed. The author created two characters who were painfully real, complex, and at times unsympathetic. All Michael and Bunny desire is love and to be loved in return, and their desperation for it is felt through the pages. Despite their shortcomings, I often found myself rooting for both Michael and Bunny to have their happy endings. I love the unconventional duo of Bunny and Michael, though it's difficult for me to believe that the powerful and wealthy Bunny would have so quickly adopted Michael. In some ways, these characters and their actions aren't always believable, yet they are at other times. Despite issues of plausibility, they bring this story to life. Rufi Thorpe tackles so many subjects in such a small space: abuse, addiction, sexuality, violence, class, ethics... Even though the book asks all the right questions, there doesn't seem to be a lot of room for emotion. Most telling to me was the lack of empathy for Bunny's victim. These characters gloss over any substantial remorse for this girl while the author shows constant empathy for Bunny and Michael. Despite their status as outsiders, Bunny and Michael are incredibly selfish, and I never got the impression that this was what the reader was supposed to learn from their characters. A broader understanding of compassion would've given this novel a deeper well of affect to draw from. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore - beautiful, tall, blond, with a rich real-estate-developer father and a swimming pool in her backyard. Michael - with a ponytail down his back and a septum piercing - lives with his aunt in the cramped stucco cottage next door. When Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard, he discovers that her life is not as perfect as it seems. At six foot three, Bunny towers over their classmates. Even as she dreams of standing out and competing in the Olympics, she is desperate to fit in, to seem normal, and to get a boyfriend, all while hiding her father's escalating alcoholism. Michael has secrets of his own. At home and at school Michael pretends to be straight, but at night he tries to understand himself by meeting men online for anonymous encounters that both thrill and scare him. When Michael falls in love for the first time, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and a terrible, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and Bunny's futures - and of their friendship."--Publisher description. No library descriptions found. |
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