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Loved it! Laugh-out-loud funny!
While I really enjoyed this book, I didn't find it as laugh-out-loud funny as other reviews toted it to be. It was a bit wordy in parts, and I have to admit, I skipped whole lines just to get to the point. Overall, a pretty good read. Next on my list is Rodi's Drag Queen. Hopefully it's a bit funnier.
A crazy plot, but definitely fun.
The exquisite agony of being in the closet has been rarely more hilariously penned than by Mr. Rodi. Poor Lionel Frank is a truly memorable literary creation. In his increasingly frantic attempts to appear straight, he runs into such dilemmas he comes off as being like a Keystone cop—it’s just one ineffectual flailing after another. Desperately horny, lonely and sexually frustrated, Lionel just can’t seem to get a break and his yearnings after inappropriate men are both touching and vastly amusi...
I read this book years ago and I was an immediate Robert Rodi fan - his writing sparkles and his characters are full of humour and affection. His books might be considered 'light reading', but they are fabulous nonetheless.This book ended far too soon, and I really wanted to know what else happened to these wonderfully likeable characters.
Like a cheesy 1990s sitcom in the best way possible. A period piece if we want to get real scholarly LOL
Closet Case was written in 1994 and it's kind of obvious. Growing up, a lot of the lgbt literature that I read was published during the 90's, and they're so much different than what's being released now that for me it felt a bit like coming home, even though I've not actually read this book before (it helps that I've read Rodi's other five books about gay archetypes written throughout the 90's and into the early 2000's, so I also knew exactly what to expect).Closet Case is the story of Lionel Fr...
Rodi's books are definitely "mass market" in that they're light and entertaining, with no intellectual challenge involved. This was my second Rodi book and it is hilarious! Crazy characters, crazy events, and crazy fun. If you're looking for mindless, endearing entertainment in gay literature, this one fills the bill - and how.
My journey into Gay Lit continued with this title and enjoyed the story very much. I read this book many years ago and have recently down loaded Rodi's other titles to read again. Well recommended if this subject matter is to your liking.
IIRC, I had liked Fag Hag - it wasn't as funny as touted, and it was severe at a time when I was looking for gay romance, but it had very funny bits and terribly true observations. I think!I'm no longer sure, because Closet Case starts out weakly. The writing isn't a pleasure to read, and it's dangerously close to that Ben Idontwanttorememberhisname of the Gay Hollywood School, ie. extremely boring and bland while listing what you know you're meant to find hilarious yuppy life.I'm still hoping t...
Closet Case is the term use in the gay world for someone who has not "come out." He decides to hide his homosexuality from everyone.Rodi has created a great case. You have an ad exec firmly in the closet, his flamboyant hairdresser, his conservative, gossipy coworkers, his army dad, his fundamentalist Christian sister, and his downstairs Latina neighbor and her 'gay straight man' boyfriend. Not to mention the guy from Transylvania...And it all happens in the Chicago scene. Being from Chocago I e...
Book group selection. This represents what I like best about a book group--it pushes me to read things I have never heard of or considered.And I think I've met the author in singing classes at the Old Town School, only I didn't know he was a novelist, just a good singer.
Not as good as his others but still a good read
Among the funniest books I have ever had the pleasure to have read.
An often times funny, over the top, novel of a gay man desperately trying to act “straight”, even though it constantly back fires on him. Aside from the lack of nuance in how the author writes his women, the characters for the most part, are all well drawn out and Lionel himself, our protagonist, is a hot mess. So scared of coming out, Lionel hides in paranoia and fear. It’s only a business retreat with the partners that all comes out, in the best and oddest way. The whole book is slightly absur...
Not my favorite of his work. I found it to be an ok read. Not my favorite Rodi book
