timbooksin's review against another edition
2.0
3 stars is a bit generous (2.75, perhaps), but this book had its moments. Ample predictability. Some outcomes were unrealistic. Very much a product of the 90s. Raised some questions about gender performance and identity but definitely kept the world of Chicago and drag incredibly small. The writing style is underwhelming and there are some obvious typos, but some of the relationships have heartwarming features.
expendablemudge's review
3.0
Rating: 3.25* of five
What would you do if you discovered a) your mother decides, after burying her third husband, to enter a Buddhist nunnery, b) but she's not your real mother after all since you're adopted and c) you had an identical twin, you successful Guppie mainstreamer you? You're barely out to yourself, still less the world, even though you've told people you're gay...you act like the OCD-ridden killjoy you are! And your twin? A macho jock, a father-of-five Ozzie clone, a fellow Guppie?
A drag queen.
Horrors!
And that's just the first thirty pages. The book follows the formula: Hero screws up his life, makes everyone around him wretched, finds the right man and drives him away, finds redemption by embracing all he rejected before, and all beds are filled with the right parties of the second part. But that isn't a bad thing, because the outcome might not be in doubt but the scenery gettin' there's mighty nice. Just like a really good date.
What would you do if you discovered a) your mother decides, after burying her third husband, to enter a Buddhist nunnery, b) but she's not your real mother after all since you're adopted and c) you had an identical twin, you successful Guppie mainstreamer you? You're barely out to yourself, still less the world, even though you've told people you're gay...you act like the OCD-ridden killjoy you are! And your twin? A macho jock, a father-of-five Ozzie clone, a fellow Guppie?
A drag queen.
Horrors!
And that's just the first thirty pages. The book follows the formula: Hero screws up his life, makes everyone around him wretched, finds the right man and drives him away, finds redemption by embracing all he rejected before, and all beds are filled with the right parties of the second part. But that isn't a bad thing, because the outcome might not be in doubt but the scenery gettin' there's mighty nice. Just like a really good date.
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