Never Tear Us Apart(Queer As Folk): Brockton, Quinn: 9780743476133: Amazon.com: Books (original) (raw)
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Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2011
For the Queer As Folk fan, this is a must read! While it's quite evident in the tv series the relationship between Brian and Michael, the book gives you a better insight into their past and their bond. This particular book introduces you to Lindsay and Emmett, giving you a deeper insight into their bonds with Michael and Brian too.
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2012
i luved the DVDs as well as the 3 books. the books gave you different times in their lives. elaborated on their lives in high school, then college and then entering the working world along with how they all met. i would highly recommend both.
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018
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Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2009
This narrative is written much more like a script than a novel but if you are a fan of the series, the characters pop out with an added dimension. It is important to read this work like you would view the series otherwise you may be finding this a weak literary presentation.
Some have said that this writer is lacking in ability but I think that the plot he presents is very well integrated with the nature of the characters and their lives that we all know and love.
For me, I could not put down this easy read because it answered many of the questions I had about the characters and illuminated me about this imaginary world making the actual Series Production worthy of another viewing.
All totaled, this is a poem written about an Epic year (1990) in the lives of the QAF characters as they transition from High School and into adulthood; setting the stage for the future entanglements that would become the TV Program.
I have to admit that I like this work for the alternative reality it presents about Michael who goes to Community College concurrently with Brian attending Carnegie Mellon which would have created a richer experience in the future plot of the Series and useful when Michael meets Ben Bruckner.
I have begun to read the next book, Always Have, Always Will ; I am sad to say that the plot begins about 4 years later after Brian has graduated school. To be honest, I was looking for a continuation of this book with the very sexual adventures that would have been a part of that period.
When this story is remade in some future media, I am certain that the situations contained in this book will be included and would clearly comprise the content of at least a one season TV Production consisting of about 12 episodes.
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2005
I am a big fan of "Queer As Folk" -- enough of a fan to buy and read a novelization like "Never Tear Us Apart." But I'm not enough of a fan to claim these books are anything more than a rather pathetic attempt to milk fans out of their money. And, yet, it works: I have bought and read two of them, this one and "Every Nine Seconds." And I'll probably read the third at some point too.
Why don't these books quite work as stand alone novels? Because "Queer As Folk" is, above all, a visual show. It's about good looking people, music, and memorable performances. None of this comes through in "Never Tear Us Apart." The plot is breezy enough to keep a fan reading, but the book lacks a single memorable line of dialogue (the show is known for its one-liners) and the plot seems like a retread of much better episodes. You will have to have a pretty strong visual imagination to conjure up what the author is trying to illustrate -- he isn't a very gifted writer.
So, why read these at all? For two reasons. One, they provide something the show does not: a narrative about what these characters were like before the show started (this one features Brian, Mikey, Lindsay and Emmett -- who knew?-- in college). For another, they serve as additional entertainment if you're looking for something beyond the show itself. And, occasionally, they are clever. In "Nine Seconds" Brian stops in a convenience store and encounters six year old Justin, holding his teddy bear named Gus. (Fans of the show will understand why that's cute -- Justin eventually names Brian's son Gus.) In "Never Tear Us Apart" Todd, a inside joke type of character from the show, gets a back story, and we meet Lindsay's first girlfriend, who is mentioned in a memorable way in season two. The "background info" quality to these books is fun.
If any of this sounds appealing, you might like these books. I think they are strictly for diehards.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2003
While the first novel was an easy read, this one is plodding and cloyingly cute, which seems to be the same malaise that hit the writing for the series itself. We have the origination of some speech and mannerisms of Brian, the meet-cute business of Emmett and Michael, the meet-even-cuter business - totally lacking originality - of Brian and Lindsay, who is busy dating a gay guy BEFORE she meets Brian, proving she's a one-trick pony. This is all so dull and predictable - and yet outlandish - that it's a poor man's soap opera. It's like the author used a check list to configure the thing! Fans who are still satisfied with the writing of the series after its aired three seasons will find it passable.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Fanbuch üver Queer As Folk Teil 2
Reviewed in Germany on January 20, 2016
Fortsetzung der Brian und Michael Story, in der nun weitere bekannte Namen auftauchen.
Ich persönlich fand dieses Buch schwieriger zu lesen (incl. Wörterbuch), weil auch der Autor ein anderer ist. Schwerere Wörter und andere Grammatik haben es kompliziert gemacht. Habe das Buch mit Hängen und Würgen beendet und danach einer Freundin mit gleichem Interesse zu dieser Serie geschenkt.
Diese ist sehr sehr gut in englisch und schreibt auch selbst Geschichten. Für sie war es ein tolles Geschenk.
Ich bleibe dann lieber bei den Filmen.
2.0 out of 5 stars !!
Reviewed in France on September 6, 2017
Pas trop d'interet dans cette suite de livres basé sur la série, plus on avance plus on s'ennuie. Je trouve les nouvelles assez plates.
4.0 out of 5 stars I love the series and it is a good addition
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 17, 2017
I love the series and it is a good addition, but I feel like the writing is a bit sloppy and messy.