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5 "poignant, wise, profound" stars !!! 2017 Honorable Mention with High Distinction Read This is a YA masterpiece. I am so immensely moved by this novel. If you know a gay youth...buy this for him and kiss him and let him know that you care. If you want to understand what it means to be a gay youth read this book yourself and allow your heart to open, swell and if its like mine will explode with sadness, gladness, thankfulness and hope. These are such genuine stories of a variety of young gay m...
See more reviews at YA Midnight Reads Thank you Text Publishing Australia for sending me this copy. No compensation was given or taken to alter this review. We were once like you, only our world wasn't like yours. You have no idea how close to death you came. A generation or two earlier, you might be here with us.We resent you. You astonish us.I have never read a GLBT book in my life. I have never had an opinion on gay people. I have never needed to. I have never really thought about gay people....
Please forgive me if I get too excited during this review - but seriously, this is a novel worth getting excited about. It doesn't matter how old or how gay you are, you need this in your life.Although it's modern YA, Two Boys Kissing is narrated/overseen by the collaborative voices of gay men who died from AIDS. Their voices tell the stories of various current-day gay youths. We see them succeed, we see them fail, we watch them make mistakes and atone. If the structure sounds complicated, it's
“Things are not magical because they've been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them.”At first, I struggled to get into this and I put it down twice before it kept me reading. The most irritating thing about it and the only thing that bothered me was the first-person-plural narrative. It somehow made everything nostalgic and sentimental, which pulled me down at first. Another thing I struggled with was the many main characters!I think the thing I liked the
This paperback has been sitting on my shelf for years.I didn’t know it would be ‘that’ **amazing**.I was almost shocked by the brilliance of what David Levithan created. SO EXCEPTIONAL!!!! This novel - based on several true stories is phenomenally ‘timeless’ —a young adult LGBT *classic*.A tribute to the past- present - and - future! A ‘must’ read to get the magnitude of this book’s power on our lives!!!!
"Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And Love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?"I don't even know how to do this book justice - so I will simply say READ IT. Seriously, read it! This is a book I want to go out and tell everyone I know about!“There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.”I loved, loved, loved the narration of the book by the Greek Chorus of gay men who died of AIDS. It was simply beautiful and ex...
Cross-posted at Shelf Inflicted and at Outlaw Reviews Don’t let the provocative cover stop you from picking up this book. It is about two boys, Craig and Harry, who are still good friends, but no longer together, locking lips to break the world’s record for the longest kiss. Enough time had gone by that when they started kissing again, the electricity was gone, replaced by something closer to architecture. They were kissing with a purpose, but the purpose wasn’t them; it was the kiss itself.
HOLY MOLY! This made my all time favorites list!I never would have thought with a title of “Two Boys Kissing,” and a not so great cover, I would have loved this book so much. Also, I get a little perturbed when it’s always boys and not girls. But, this this is so universal it didn’t matter.Levithan centers his novel around a true event, two boys kissing to break a world record. But, my oh my, the narrators are the previous generation of gay men, looking down with support, understanding, and even...
I just want to say that Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan was possibly the most beautiful book I've ever read. I can't describe to you the feelings it gives but I can tell you that it will open your eyes dramatically. This book will change you for the better after reading it. Causing you to be aware, cautious, caring, and loving to everyone around you. I seriously cannot wait to share this book with others.
I'd give this book a standing ovation if I could. Absolutely beautiful, life-affirming, and a story so needed amidst today's changing viewpoints on LGBT rights.The cover and the title pretty much say it all. Two Boys Kissing runs the gamut of eight "main" characters - ex-boyfriends Craig and Harry aiming to break the Guinness World Record for longest kiss; Tariq, quasi-inspiration of the big kiss after getting beaten up by haters and staunch supporter of their challenge; steady couple Neil and P...
Don't be put off - by the blurb and the kind of silly sounding story of two kids trying to break a world kissing record (barf) ad that's like saying Great Expectations is about a woman who's ruined a wedding cake…it's so much more than the initial premise.The two boys who are attempting the world record for kissing are the lynchpins of the story and the way that Harry and Craig communicate and support each other throughout their marathon is really touching. The reactions of the people around the...
