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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best coming of age stories I've ever read. McDonald takes a familiar and overused theme and works many different angles into it to make it stand out. Set in rural France, it adds atmosphere to the story, and the main character, Adam, is for once a fairly complex person; likable but by no means perfect; intelligent, but capable of making serious and potentially dangerous mistakes. Considering the book may have been aimed primarily aimed at young people, there is quite a substantial number of sex scenes, some quite graphic. However, McDonald handles it very well, and at no time is the story in danger of degenerating into smuttiness. In fact, the sex scenes are an integral part of the plot. The book is at odds with so many 'erotic' stories out there, it manages to pull off so much more without even trying to be erotic. If only more gay-themed stories could do the same!
46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A brief synopsis of this amazing book: Adam is a 16-year-old boy living in France. He is the perfect son- polite, cello player, academic, bilingual. But Adam struggles with this perfection as he struggles to maintain his happiness as a young man coming to terms with being gay. He begins an epic and secret affair with a farm-hand he just happened to meet one day and the adventure turns into a great confusing love story which will set any mind boggling.
OK, I realise I've not done it much justice with my synopsis, it sounds a bit silly really. But it isn't. It is fabulous. McDonald has a superb way of presenting erotic ideas in this book, and it is not only romantic and passionate, it is frustrating, amusing and a brilliantly entertaining read.
This is one of those books you tell yourself you'll just read one more chapter but then bargain with yourself just to read one more! i found myself trying to put it down so i could get a good night sleep before a busy start, and ending up reading 10 chapters! Foolish writer for being good!
But seriously, it is good, it is entertaining, and I cannot deny that the exoticness of the book is rather rough and ready but is brilliantly put and very good to read.
This book will not appeal to most straight males, and it isn't a book for the faint hearted. I think the best readers for this book are for people between the age of 16 and 25, mainly females and gay men or more open minded men. Don't let your granny read it nor your little sister!
Absolutely fantastic -one of my favourites EVER!
OK, I realise I've not done it much justice with my synopsis, it sounds a bit silly really. But it isn't. It is fabulous. McDonald has a superb way of presenting erotic ideas in this book, and it is not only romantic and passionate, it is frustrating, amusing and a brilliantly entertaining read.
This is one of those books you tell yourself you'll just read one more chapter but then bargain with yourself just to read one more! i found myself trying to put it down so i could get a good night sleep before a busy start, and ending up reading 10 chapters! Foolish writer for being good!
But seriously, it is good, it is entertaining, and I cannot deny that the exoticness of the book is rather rough and ready but is brilliantly put and very good to read.
This book will not appeal to most straight males, and it isn't a book for the faint hearted. I think the best readers for this book are for people between the age of 16 and 25, mainly females and gay men or more open minded men. Don't let your granny read it nor your little sister!
Absolutely fantastic -one of my favourites EVER!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It is good news that this fine novel is being reissued by a new publisher after the sad demise of GMP. When I finished 'Adam' the first time I immediately started to read it again and since then I have dipped into it several times. The story is intense, moving and finally hair-raising; Adam, the impeccably middle class, cello playing, only son of parents working in France for a year, is swept up into an affair with a total opposite, a wild, sprite-like but virile peasant young man from a farm deep in the countryside nearby. The sights, sounds, smells of the French countryside in different seasons make an evocative setting for the interweaving strands of turbulent adolescent emotions and serious music making. There is sex for Adam with visiting school friends from England and with his wild Frenchman, Sylvain, the writing of it is intimate and sensitive.
I believe a sequel to 'Adam' is on its way and that too is good news. Both 'Adam' and Mcdonald's previous novel,'Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet', which has a similarly evocative setting in Seville in Spain, show that Mcdonald is a writer to follow.
I believe a sequel to 'Adam' is on its way and that too is good news. Both 'Adam' and Mcdonald's previous novel,'Orange Bitter, Orange Sweet', which has a similarly evocative setting in Seville in Spain, show that Mcdonald is a writer to follow.
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A real story for a change
Most gay stories leave a lot to be desired in terms of story line or writing quality, but this is a noble exception. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Alan M
lololol "coming of age"
I have no idea how much those reviewers were paid, but it wasn`t enough. This is not a coming of age story. It`s porn. Bad porn. Lolariously bad porn. Nothing else.
Published 1 month ago by Heather McLinton
Heart Warmin
For me, the sign of a good book isn't just a page turner but a book that brings you to a place you don't what to leave. Adam is a bautifully written novel that does just that. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Damian
Loved every minute
It's an overused cliché but I really did find this book difficult to put down. I carried on reading long after I should have set off for appointments or gone to bed and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Stuart
Addictive
The best book regarding the on-goings of a gay teenager I have ever read. To start with I found it so unrealistic that so many males in Adams life were gay but the discripton and... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jcgitt
A pleasant light reading
It took me a while to get used to the formal style but it didn't detract from my enjoyment. The characters and plot are fairly two-dimensional but its never boring. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Martin
Wish you were there?
This is probably the best book about a gay teenager I have read, why? Quite simply because the characterisation is good, the setting beautifully described and I wish it could have... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Crafty
A fairytale, with a whole lotta sex
I first bought this book when I was a teenager, and was much more interested in reading about the sex the first time I read it. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2010 by Mr. L. Parker
A brilliant, taut story of the realisation of passion and love.
This is a captivatingly brilliant book. Its central character, Adam, reminded me of the narrator in 'The Go Betweeen'. Read more
Published on 25 May 2009 by Booklover Joseph
So well written
Not often a gay book for young people is so well written. It is sensitive & understanding. Also, about a English boy (set in France)
Published on 12 April 2009 by D. I. Harris
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