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More of the same from Maupin • • • • • (bewertet mit 3 von 5 Punkten) Rezension bezieht sich auf: Significant Others (Tales of the City Series) (Taschenbuch) The first two novels in the Tales of the City series were very innovative and refreshing. After that, however, things became pretty dicey. Admittedly, it's difficult for an author to keep characters, themes, and plot lines fresh and zesty in volume after volume, but perhaps Maupin should have considered quitting while he was ahead. This book is different in that it has a Russian River setting, for the most part, but the plot really goes nowhere. He tries to make hay out of lampooning the Bohemian Club and militant ecofeminists, but most of his verbal arrows miss their targets. He also tries to develop a serious subtheme related to the AIDS crisis as it developed during the eighties. This is both essential and admirable, but now, years later, it comes across as preachy and maudlin. Finally, the inevitable "love interest" involving the gay protagonist Michael is totally predictable and frankly, really boring. Were the same dynamics applied in a novel to a heterosexual relationship, readers would be wringing their hands over the shallowness of the lovers and their interactions. Overall, the smarmy smugness of Maupin's basic message, i.e., "gays and lesbians are really hipper and cooler than are you boring breeders" has gotten REALLY tiresome by this volume in the Tales of the City series. Time to move on, Maupin. Eine Rezension von Ein Kunde vom 29. September 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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