I Have to Tell You Something

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There are multiple other characters in the book, but the author presents in depth Christina and Ursula, followed by Kate and Rob. Her husband Jimmy was known to be in the early stages of dementia, but no one is able to explain how their bodies were found in an odd location on their family farm - namely, the slurry pit, which should not have been operational at the time. Everyone is walking a unique path. This story is not just about Chasten feeling different than the cultural archetypes his childhood community valued because he was gay. This is a story where every teen who has felt out of step with the “mainstream,” every child who has been teased because of their appearance, their disability, their social awkwardness, every adolescent trying to make sense of who they are can see themselves. And know that they are not alone. It will get better.

This new release is Chasten Buttigieg's memoir adapted for young audiences. In the book, he talks about his experiences growing up in a small, conservative town in Michigan. And he describes his journey coming out, being a first generation college student, and eventually falling for and marrying Peter Buttigieg.Smooth telling, coherent links between the little actions of the different little stories of the characters, entertaining, respectable vocabulary if sometimes pretentious (but I love it). This book found me scrutinizing mistakes and pitfalls of the novelist and there were not many I could find. Rob's wife Kate had a difficult relationship with Ursula. Life will certainly be easier now, without her every move When landowner/farmer James (Jimmy) Kennedy, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia, goes missing, family members rush to alert his wife, Ursula; only to discover that she, too, has disappeared. Despite, initially, appearing, to local police, that a tragic accident may have befallen the couple, local rumour, gossip and speculation soon have the Gardai looking closely at son Rob and his wife Kate. I enjoyed this dramatic family thriller set on a farm in Ireland. Rows over land and property aren't uncommon, and I felt the plot was believable and the characters all had their own reasons for behaving the way they did (apart from one, who was just a pure weapon).

Then there’s Ajita, his long lost love, who has her own secret. Ajita breezes into his life at University and provides a catalyst for the murder that destroys Jamal’s life. But neither Ajita, nor the murder that she inspires, has enough force to drive the narrative. She never says anything of substance and instead is characterised by her designer clothing, her beauty, and the good sex Jamal had with her. Next there’s Henry, his colourful, larger-than-life friend who couples with his sister. Henry speaks in grand platitudes almost all the time, in a way that is as unbelievable as the sex life he develops, which is described in more detail than is required. He’s talking about his son. And here’s another example of his best friend talking about his own son: Kureishi was born in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. His father, Rafiushan, was from a wealthy Madras family, most of whose members moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He came to Britain to study law but soon abandoned his studies. After meeting and marrying Kureishi’s mother Audrey, Rafiushan settled in Bromley, where Kureishi was born, and worked at the Pakistan Embassy.Another constant recurrence, equally irritating, is in the frequent allusions to writers, psychologists, actors, poets, playwrights, etc etc. Baudelaire, Balzac, Freud, Proust, Keats, Coleridge, Kafka, Marx, Emerson, Blake, on and on and on; it’s like Kureishi needs us to know how much he knows and how well read he is. But instead of being impressive, it stumbles headfirst into pretentiousness. I’m giving this a 4.5, rounded down because it was quite wordy and a bit slow in places. The actual story is fantastic, and I really found myself rooting for Jay. I thought I had gotten to the ending, and I liked it, but then there was ANOTHER ending that took this from a 4 to 4.5 for me. It’s a nice, cozy mystery/psychological thriller, and one I’d recommend if you don’t mind a drawn-out book.