A review by blundershelf
My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson

fast-paced

3.75

This is essentially a fictional memoir of a young Black gay man in 1980s NYC. Trey was a flawed but very sympathetic and likable character. I found the book to be a bit too heavy-handed at points - everything that happens to Trey is hugely significant and mind-opening. It makes a lot of sense to me that Newson is a TV writer and producer as I often felt the writing was unfolding like a dramatized biopic. All that to say that I think this novel would be great for people who don't know much about the origins of the gay rights movement in the USA, or to anyone wanting a fast-paced read.