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A review by jonscott9
I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux
4.0
Of course the title, and especially the subtitle, piqued my interest. (From my high-school youth group turned Campus Crusade for Christ collegiate days, anything about Christian or faith-adjacent dating summons my spiritual PSTD.) Arceneaux has a vivacious, bouncy voice that reads so conversational that this book became a blitz of a read for your boy, who's normally such a slow reader (at least as I age, bloop). While he hasn't asked the iconic Beyowulf into his heart as personal lord and savior, he's come close in this beautiful, ephemeral life.
The ending here felt a bit abbreviated. Not abrupt, but perhaps slightly open ended. No loose ends tied up, so to speak; then again, I guess that's the way of us millennials. (Tidy closure, what are you?) And I might've liked him to go into more psycho-social, -sexual, -familial (etc.) stuff, but what he divulges about himself and about gay men of a certain generation, especially young Black gay men, is staggering if you think about it at length.
I'm glad for his experiences and how he shares them. I'm glad for his spirit and humor. And I will have at everything he writes forevermore. I give thanks for this guy, and for our beloved Beyonic Woman.
The ending here felt a bit abbreviated. Not abrupt, but perhaps slightly open ended. No loose ends tied up, so to speak; then again, I guess that's the way of us millennials. (Tidy closure, what are you?) And I might've liked him to go into more psycho-social, -sexual, -familial (etc.) stuff, but what he divulges about himself and about gay men of a certain generation, especially young Black gay men, is staggering if you think about it at length.
I'm glad for his experiences and how he shares them. I'm glad for his spirit and humor. And I will have at everything he writes forevermore. I give thanks for this guy, and for our beloved Beyonic Woman.