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Summary: TOO good.
Review: Usually, when I finish a book I adore (which is to say, once a week or so), I wait about a year to reread it so I can forget some of it. But after finishing Rainbow Boys, I don't want to read anything else! I keep rereading the good parts (i.e., the entire thing) and dreading the day the library wants it back.Yet another everyone-must-read-it-it's-so-GOOD book. Definitely among my top 10 favorites.
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Summary: Understanding
Review: Alex Sanchez presents a book that shows understanding of all the things gay youth have to face in order to be themselves. Meet Jason. He is a basketball player, and he is dating Debra. A confused young man--he goes to a meeting hoping to find answers. Instead, he leaves even more confused. Then there is Kyle, the boy who always wears a baseball cap. Gay without doubting it, but he just does not know how to reveal the truth to his parents. Finally, there is Nelson, who everyone knows is gay. His biggest problem is dealing with how he really feels toward his best pal. Not to mention the constant bashings. The book works well by alternating between the three characters. I have two problems with this book. The R-rated language seems a little out of hand...and the book then seems to end with no real answers. The ending just seems fake. But I still recommend it.
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Summary: Hard to stop once you've started
Review: Kudos to Mr. Sanchez for constructing a believable glimpse into gay youth. The characters were real, and the situations they found themselves in were just as true-to-life. He had an interesting way of switching back and forth between character points of view throughout the book that worked to a tee. The dialogue was clever and the plot was not preachy but touched upon subjects that needed attention. It got to a point near the end of the book where I found myself rooting for the characters. All in all, I literally could not put it down and finished it in an afternoon. The end sort of left us hanging; hopefully this means that there may be a sequel in the works. An excellent book for anyone and everyone to read, and perhaps Hollywood should take a close look at this tome and get a screenplay written with the gay character's having more depth than the typical comic relief falmboyant hairdresser.
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Summary: For what it is, it's not bad at all.
Review: As a coming of age story written for a young readership, "Rainbow Boys" achieved everything it tried to do. It was definitely educational in a way that managed to avoid too much preachiness, and it didn't really shortchange any of the issues it addressed. (The danger of contracting HIV, for instance.) For a more mature reader, it was good, but not excellent. The plot was solid, but there were some distractingly cringeworthy moments of dialogue and description. (I winced over 'A trickle of saliva glistened...' during what should have been a very sweet moment. Yuck.) But I do think that the shifting point of view worked well, which surprised me. Definitely worth a read if you're interested in the genre.
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Summary: True tale
Review: I was almost amazed by the way that Sanchez had potrayed each character in the book. When I was in High School, which wasnt that long ago, I remember feeling alot of the same things that the protaganists of the book did. It was definately a great book that I wish I would have read when I was in High School, could have helped a lot. The ending was a little shakey though on how the jock came out, but it could happen. But all in all, the book was a great read and I recomend this book to everyone!
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Summary: Great Read
Review: This book is fabulous! Although I'm not gay, when I was in high school, I was friends with openly gay students. This novel captures the pain and hardships that students and their friends must deal with, and gives great insights to what it might feel like to come to grips with being a homosexual teenager. I can also relate to Jason's character, as I was "dumped" by a boyfriend of 3 years after he began to question his sexuality. But most importantly, this novel shows that gay young men are very much like straight teens; they worry about getting that special person to notice them, they're afraid of looking inexperienced, and they just want love and respect. I think this would be a great book for (excuse the bluntness) homophobes to read, as it might help show that we're not so different after all.
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Summary: very real
Review: It feels real as if you are one of them. Among of the three major characters, you can probably find yourself. I don't like the ending though. I don't think that the jock would have actually come out. And is it necessary for everyone who is gay to come out? I don't agree.
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Summary: A suprising find
Review: As of this year my school has aquired a only a couple of books on homosexuality. They are in fact rather difficult to locate in the library. So I was pleasantly suprised to find this book in particular present. Unfortunately it has vanished since I returned it. This is a great book that anybody can appriciate.
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Summary: Good Read
Review: Sweet, honest story of 3 different boys growing up gay! Very real and at times home hitting.
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Summary: Boys in Love with Boys
Review: This edgy novel plunges you into the interweaving lives of three very different gay high school seniors, each seeking that special someone. There's Jason, a dreamboat jock, struggling to accept his sexuality. He has a girlfriend, but he can't stop dreaming about other guys. On the other end of the closet spectrum is openly out and outrageous Nelson, searching for love and determined to lose his virginity-but with whom? Between the two is Kyle, the shy one. But beneath Kyle's quiet exterior he smolders a secret crush on Jason, never realizing his best friend Nelson has always been in love with him. Get the idea? Put the three boys together and you won't want to set the book down. Each chapter alternates points of view between the three Rainbow Boys, so you can actually picture-and hear-the three boys. Their gutsy, in-your-face story tackles many questions gay teens experience, including how to tell your parents. The novel is about so much-friendship, family, and definitely LOVE. It's awesome how quickly I felt like I actually knew the Rainbow Boys. I didn't want the book to end. You won't either.
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