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"Another emotional bludgeoning from De Sica and screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, this one belonging—along with The Last Laugh—to that small genre concerning aged men playing out their hopeless, last, lonely days. It must have been something, back in 1952, when this film went head-to-head with Forbidden Games for the honor of most tearful ending! Right from the shank of titan De Sica’s neorealist years! I love being destroyed by masters!"

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The Forbidden Game (The Forbidden Game, #1-3)

L.J. Smith

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What was supposed to be an evening of celebration with friends, fun, and games becomes a night of...

Kira (36 KP) rated The Boy I Love in Books

Sep 3, 2017

The Boy I Love

Marion Husband | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

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Well developed characters (1 more)

Beautifully written

The boy I love, for me, was an emotional, yet amazing book. I fell in love with it many years ago, when I found myself so engrossed it was near impossible to put down.

While books based around war aren't normally my thing, Marion Husband captures personal struggles, dealing with coming home from combat and a forbidden sexuality in a very classy and believable way.

The story is rich, the characters are three dimensional and you get to see them develop right up until the very end. I highly recommend this.