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Last Summer
by Michael Thomas Ford
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Paperback
Publisher: Kensington
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| Mike Ford Rocks! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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Mr. Michael Thomas Ford's book "Last Summer" tells a beautiful story about people who find each other in the most positive way. I want to spend the summer on Cape Cod again. Looking For It. Another great piece of gay literature. All Mr. Ford's books are inciting and life confirming.
Chris Trotter
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| A grand summer read! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I have read three of Michael Ford's books . . . and this is certinally the best. With a quick pace and smooth style this is a great beach or airplane read. The characters seem plucked from our lives and recent headlines. If your thinking about a vacation in P-Town take this book along for a grand read.
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| A fun gay novel, on the beach or not |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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When I read gay-themed novels, I usually have low expectations,
which is a shame. I have read Michael Thomas Ford's humorous essay
books and thoroughly enjoyed them, but was hesitant to pick up one
of his novels. I was very pleasantly surprised! In this book he
creates a string of characters and manages to connect them all as
they come together for a summer in Provincetown, MA, which serves as
an excellent back-drop for the story. The characterization is
excellent and the humor sprinkled throughout made it that much more
fun to read. But what kept my interest the most is how accurately
gay relationships were depicted, from the friends, the commited
couples, to the not-so-commited couples, to the "newbies", to the
parents, to the relationships on the rocks. Much of the book felt
like non-fiction to me, because of how accurately the relationships
were portrayed. Some readers may find the connections in the
storylines to be too convenient or forced, but I was so enjoying the
book that I just went with it. I think the flaws are easily
overlooked. Prudes beware, there are some graphic descriptions of
gay sex!
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| Great reading, year-round! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I have read and re-read this book several times, and LOVE it every time. The characters are fresh and believable - each with a real human side to them that the author actually allow us to see without the rose-coloured glasses. Josh, Reilly, Emmeline, Toby, and the rest of them are all likeable and many of us can see a bit of ourselves in each of them.
Unlike another reviewer who felt somewhat offended by the story and it's reality to his own experience in P'town, I found the book rather realistic and at times, understated. P'town can be quite wild, quite aloof, and quite the party place - but it also has it's uniquely quiet times full of friendly people and wonderful natural beauty. The author captured both sides of the P'town reality.
Definately a good read! Other books by this same author are also good, but Last Summer remains my favourite.
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| Fluff but enjoyable fluff |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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Okay, it's still another book about gay relationship angst, but Ford puts it together engagingly if not always plausibly. The plot is pretty standard--boy's BF cheats; he's shocked and disillusioned; flees to Ptown to sort things out; finds family, a new profession and a dynamite new BF, but not without some obstacles and false starts. The characters are on the good side of cliched and for the most part, the reader cares about what happens to them. Everything rolls to a predictable ending, but what the heck, it didn't take long to read and the ride was fun. Yeah, good for the beach or a transcontinental flight.
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