I'm some where between "it's okay" and "I like it".
I really really like Alan Cumming and I def wanted to love this book. I found it a tad bit confusing in the very beginning as his bf's name is Charlie but he also calls coke Charlie. There is the whole fast pace sex and drugs lifestyle. The book is true to it's description It's about a man who is basically at a turning point in his life where he needs to grow up but is a bit reluctant. It's like he started having a fun relationship then it started to get too scary as the other person began to want more...so basically any friends with benefits situation. Tommy has a lot of emotions and childish ways he tries to put behind him. It's about the transition and realization. I got close to the end and accident skipped to the end because I was pretty sure I knew what was going to happen and needed to confirm it. I was right. I haven't finished reading the in-between part but I will to fully cross the book of my list. Not a bad read, not the most exciting. Some parts get really good but its a bit all over at times. I would give another Alan Cumming book a read.
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Robin Goodfellow
May 19, 2006
I thought this a particularly fun book to read for spare time, and also because it's by the great actor Alan Cumming.
Once upon a time, there lived a boy named Tommy. Tommy lived in London with his friends. He had relationships and conflicts. Between his relationships, he soon had the urge to have a child of his own. But between the conflicts, this was not all too easy.
A couple of my favorite things about this book is the random fairy tale chapters about certain subjects and Tommy's rules for certain things. {For example, water, drugs, depression, etc}. Tommy also spends a lot of time taking showers and thinking to himself in the process. I like the way he describes things where he is and what he's thinking about when it comes to meeting new people in new places, such as New York. Alan Cumming is a very good novelist and I hope he writes another book later on. I don't mean to brag, but this novel is well worth reading. Whether you like Alan Cumming or it just looks interesting {which were my reasons for getting it}, you should read it sometime. It doesn't necessarily have a plot, then again, it does because of Tommy's relationships and how it all goes with his friends and all that jazz. Even though this book might not quite be for everyone, it's pretty good for it's pizzazz of Tommy's occasional silly rules and fairy tale chapters about separate people in separate "worlds" who have their own special, odd hobbies ...and so on. Not only are Tommy's rules cool, but they are…
