Review of Love All the Way
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Review of Love All the Way
[Following is a volunteer review of "Love All the Way" by Aurora Carafa.]
You can find love in the weirdest of places and circumstances. It can suddenly find you doing the weirdest of things. Well, that is how Melanie Foster's love for Allen Shandi comes into being. She saves Allen from an assault by a homophobic man by punching his lights out and kneeing him in the groin. Allen is appreciative of her efforts and works on thanking her, transforming her life, work, and outlook on the world. However, Allen is gay; he could never love her the way she does him, and Mel has to contend with this unfortunate, heartbreaking information whilst living and working closely with him. Worse still, he is diagnosed with a debilitating terminal disease in his youth. Mel and her newfound family have to find ways to make Allen's dreams a reality and his final moments peaceful and unforgettable before it is too late.
This is the story of two people cruelly brought together by fate, but they still try to make the best of life. Love All the Way is full of well-described emotional scenes that can easily move the reader to tears. Each of the characters seems to be flawed; battling one kind of problem or the other. Nevertheless, they overcome them. The setting of this story in the 1970s gives it a whole new sense of dimension before the realization and normalization of LGBTQ rights in the world. Tidbits placed at the beginning of some chapters offer insights as to what was happening in the real world at that time. The author, Aurora Carafa, explores this theme widely and gives us millennial readers a glimpse of life then. It helps us appreciate how far human rights have come and how much more ground we need to cover for the aforementioned group to lead normal lives.
The book does not warrant any negative sentiments as its author has performed a good job. She has discussed additional themes of love, betrayal, child neglect, and the effects of terminal diseases in the current society. The book may be a little cliché when it comes to financial matters and spending habits. Love All the Way also contains explicit sexual scenes that may be offensive to a given group of readers.
This book appears to be professionally edited as I came across minor errors in the book. Despite all the above mishaps, I believe the book is worth a rating of five out of five stars.
I would recommend this book to a mature audience of teenagers, adults; LGBTQ rights activists, drama fans, and the odd comic fan. Mel is such a comical character that you would not want to cross!
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Love All the Way
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You can find love in the weirdest of places and circumstances. It can suddenly find you doing the weirdest of things. Well, that is how Melanie Foster's love for Allen Shandi comes into being. She saves Allen from an assault by a homophobic man by punching his lights out and kneeing him in the groin. Allen is appreciative of her efforts and works on thanking her, transforming her life, work, and outlook on the world. However, Allen is gay; he could never love her the way she does him, and Mel has to contend with this unfortunate, heartbreaking information whilst living and working closely with him. Worse still, he is diagnosed with a debilitating terminal disease in his youth. Mel and her newfound family have to find ways to make Allen's dreams a reality and his final moments peaceful and unforgettable before it is too late.
This is the story of two people cruelly brought together by fate, but they still try to make the best of life. Love All the Way is full of well-described emotional scenes that can easily move the reader to tears. Each of the characters seems to be flawed; battling one kind of problem or the other. Nevertheless, they overcome them. The setting of this story in the 1970s gives it a whole new sense of dimension before the realization and normalization of LGBTQ rights in the world. Tidbits placed at the beginning of some chapters offer insights as to what was happening in the real world at that time. The author, Aurora Carafa, explores this theme widely and gives us millennial readers a glimpse of life then. It helps us appreciate how far human rights have come and how much more ground we need to cover for the aforementioned group to lead normal lives.
The book does not warrant any negative sentiments as its author has performed a good job. She has discussed additional themes of love, betrayal, child neglect, and the effects of terminal diseases in the current society. The book may be a little cliché when it comes to financial matters and spending habits. Love All the Way also contains explicit sexual scenes that may be offensive to a given group of readers.
This book appears to be professionally edited as I came across minor errors in the book. Despite all the above mishaps, I believe the book is worth a rating of five out of five stars.
I would recommend this book to a mature audience of teenagers, adults; LGBTQ rights activists, drama fans, and the odd comic fan. Mel is such a comical character that you would not want to cross!
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Love All the Way
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