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A Better Place Paperback – January 1, 2001
A Better Place is the story of an unlikely pair, who struggle through friendship and betrayal, hardships and heartbreaks, to find the desire of their hearts, to find a better place.
- Print length330 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherIuniverse Star
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2001
- Dimensions5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
- ISBN-100595171761
- ISBN-13978-0595171767
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- Publisher : Iuniverse Star (January 1, 2001)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 330 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0595171761
- ISBN-13 : 978-0595171767
- Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 1 x 8.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #9,766,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #29,723 in LGBTQ+ Genre Fiction (Books)
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Mark A. Roeder currently resides in Bloomington, Indiana and is a full-time writer of novels. He has published nearly 100 novels to date that are divided into separate, but related series. You can find out more about his books at markroeder.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MarkARoederAuthor/ and on Patreon.com: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=8324548&fan_landing=true&view_as=public
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Brendan is the most popular kid at high school, quarterback of the football team, handsome and friendly, for a very wealthy family that allow him to have a nice car and all the last fashion available, Brendan is even more fascinating since he seems unaware of his good looks and fortune. Brendan has also a secret, but not really something that is causing him trouble: he is gay, and in his openness and yes, lucky youth, he has already realized it and decided it's fine. Sure, Brendan is aware he cannot come out at school that it's not easy, but more or less, he is fine.
Not the same for Casper; he is the poorest kid at school, and even worst, he is abused at home; his older brother has more than once abused him and he is still doing that. Most night Casper sleeps under the open sky to avoid being alone in the same room with his brother. In his young mind, Casper associates being gay with being abused, and so, when Brendan makes a move with him, Casper is scared to death.
But as I said, Brendan is such a nice boy that Casper in the end is able to trust him; their newfound happiness is destroyed by Brendan's family and but the dramatic decision they take on their son's fate. Again Brendan will prove to be strong and with a self-consciousness that is rare in such a young man; he will maintain the promise he did to Casper to protect him, whatever it will take.
I preferred the first part of the story, until Brendan and Casper are trying to find their path in life alone; I found the last part, when Brendan and Casper go to live with Ethan and Nathan (from Someone Is Watching) a little too similar to what I guess is Ethan and Nathan's own story, almost a repetition. All in all, I think that, even if Casper is cuter and the one who needs more protection, even from the reader point of view, I think the best character was Brendan, I most of all loved how he is so open with his feelings and ready to love despite all the trouble it implies.
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spots in the storyline. I always held a level of sympathy for Devon, given he was, an undeclared, lover of Mark and became jealous of Taylor who swept in. The devil of jealousy causing so much harm.
とトルストイが書いたそうだが、この本の主人公の不幸はあまりにもステレオタイプすぎて、
途中、ふざけてるのかしら、と思ってしまったほどだった。
母の死後、父にはネグレクトされ、兄からは性的虐待を含めた暴力を受け、
いつもお腹をすかせていて給食が楽しみ、家にいると兄が怖いからよく外にいて、
ひどいときには家に帰れず、お墓で寝泊まりする、というシチュエーションがでてくる。
これ、本来ならとても大変な状況で、この子が幸せになったらすばらしい話になると思うんだけど、
なんだか一文一文が短くてブツブツ切れて、読みにくいし、表面的な表現しかないし、
なんというか…、情緒がないと言ったらいいのかしら。
アメフト部のキャプテンと、上記の大変な状況の貧乏少年の話なんだけど、
アメフト部のみんなに関係がバレたあと、全員が応援してくれる状況も
ありえないでしょうと思ったし、逆に今度はキャプテンの両親は彼を
精神病院に入れたりして、なんだかもういろいろ、てんこもりしすぎてるんじゃ
ないかしら!
苦しい思いをしながら本全体の86%まで読んだけど、もう無理。
読めない。
ここでリタイヤ。