A review by danrue
City of Night by John Rechy

1.0

AHHHHHHH I couldn't finish this book but I read so much of it I deserve credit for my suffering. I read this book for class and it is h*lla long and the main character is dull if I can even argue he exists. He is absolutely obsessed with aging and so internally homophobic and brings both up often. The book is repetitive to show the repetitive nature of his thoughts, and that is straight up irritating. Can I also say, I mean I wasn't paying too much attention to the book, but the lack of women??? It's a hard point to talk about because there is the inclusion of trans women and he offhandedly speaks about lesbians but mainly butches being in the room but never talks to one (as far as I know).
So, the book was sophisticated but torture to read, will never be picking it up again.