2022 or 2012, all the years have been tough. WTF? Easier for who? I didn't just start getting discriminated against this year. Finally, Elliot states that life was easier in 2012, that America was more innocent then and not weighed down by the depressing headlines we see today. Unironically he says that a two hour wait for brunch at a restaurant where he forgot to make reservations is a white gay couple's worst nightmare. I had to hold down a job so I could pay rent. Elliot, our POV main character, references those one or two years we all have after college wherein we have no obligations? Can't relate. Peppered throughout this book are references that I as a non-white, non-male person with few privileges simply can't relate to. This book reeks of privilege, white privilege in particular. This book comes to the reader already out dated because about 85% of the cultural references included in the book date back to the late 90s/early aughts. Cultural references are the quickest way an author can date their book. This feeling is reinforced by the vast number of cultural references throughout this book. In fact, this book reads like one long season of Queer as Folk, the original American version that aired from 2000 to 2005 that was so revolutionary at the time but is a little (or a lot) cringe when one takes a hard look at it today. Namely, white gay xennial cis men whose attitudes about queer culture haven’t evolved beyond the prevailing thinking of the mid aughts. This book was written to a very specific demographic. Please keep that in mind if you choose to read this review.ĭemographically, we (queer people) are not all the same. “With his singular voice and unforgettable wit” (Steven Rowley, author of The Guncle), Ryan O’Connell presents a candid, biting, and refreshingly real commentary on gay life, laugh-out-loud exploration of self, and a rare insight into life as a person with disabilities.ĭisclaimer: I am not white. But facing your demons is easier said than done. But behind his Instagram filter of a life, he’s grappling with an intensifying alcohol addiction, he can’t seem to stop cheating on his boyfriend with various sex workers, and his cerebral palsy is making him feel like gay Shrek.Īfter falling down a rabbit hole of sex, drinking, and Hollywood backstabbing, Elliott decides to limp his way towards redemption.
From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and beautiful” ( Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author) novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world.Įlliott appears to be living the dream as a successful TV writer with a doting boyfriend.
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