Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Say Something
AUTHOR: B. A. Tortuga
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 65,403 words
BLURB:
Jenson has loved Mike his whole life, but he has never known how to tell Mike how he feels. After high school Mike leaves for college and his Hollywood dream, while cowboy Jenson stays behind in their small East Texas hometown. Neither man knows what to say to go beyond friendship, even though they come together through all of the best and worst times of their lives. The most amazing moments keep bringing them back together, but through huge love and terrible loss, sickness and health, their timing never seems right to take their relationship to the next level. When the universe gives them one final chance, Jenson must overcome his fear and say the most important something before it’s too late.
REVIEW:
Jensen, or Jen, has always been in love with Mike. But Mike is not cowboy material. He goes off to college and studies acting, making a life for himself away from Texas, where Jen still lives.
The book follows the two men from age eighteen to their forties or something. It starts with Mike saying goodbye and moving away to college. Just before he leaves, he’s jumped, beaten and cut in the face. The scar leaving him insecure for the rest of his life.
This isn’t a story for the faint hearted. There is a lot of heartache, disease and even death. Normally I would give a little summery of the story here and then tell you why I liked it, or not.
With this review I cannot simply give you a summary and move on. There’s too much happening in this book. The author covers years instead of days in this book, and every time we skip a few years something major happens. Let me just say that it’s never boring.
There was one thing that bugged the hell out of me in this book, though, it was the writing. Especially in the beginning, I felt as if I was reading about two mentally challenged people. It took away some of the enjoyment of the story for me.
I know lots of people will love this story because of all the angst and heartache, and I did too, but I didn’t love it because of the writing. It was just too distracting.
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