Comfort And Joy by Jim Grimsley
Comfort & Joy - Jim Grimsley
- Male slash
- One of one
- Read
- Five
For McKinney is a handsome, successful doctor raised in a well-to-do Savannah family. His longtime boyfriend, Dan Krell, is a shy hospital administrator with a painful childhood past. When the holidays arrive, they decide it's time to go home together. But the depth of their commitment is tested when Ford's parents cannot reconcile themselves to their son's choices and long-kept family secrets are revealed by a visit to Dan's mother.
I've read a number of Jim Grimsely's books over the years and they fall into two categories for me. I either enjoy them or they just leave me feeling rather apathetic about them. I have yet to be able to really define the difference. 'Comfort & Joy', is not what I would describe as a happy book, it deals with a lot of issues and baggage. One of the things that I find intriguing and also frustrating about Grimsley's writing is his tendency to jump from one scene to another without any warning. This tends to give places a rather cut and paste sort of feel; however, for this book specifically, I think that it worked. It made it feel sort of harsh, in a way that worked with the story and the characters.
'Comfort & Joy', is not told in chronological order but seems to jump around a lot, which can at times be hard to follow. Despite, the frustration I actually, I really liked the way this story unfolded out of order and in bits and pieces. As you moved back and forth in time the whole story slowly reveals its truths as the puzzle pieces come together. Likewise the ending does not answer all your questions, it doesn't tie things up in a neat little bow.
While it might be nice to have something set in stone to know what exactly happened in various ways, I don't think this book requires it. I think it adds to the novel because it sort of sets off the uncertainty that's there but the willingness to work towards an end goal something that everyone wants... I don't know if that makes much sense either but lol yeah.
I also liked the way the characters were very believable, the whole thing had a very realistic feel to it. Like something that could really happen, unlike some of the novel's that I've read while they are good, it's not as realistic as this one is. I like that about this it brings some things more sharply into focus than a lot of other books do.
- Male slash
- One of one
- Read
- Five
For McKinney is a handsome, successful doctor raised in a well-to-do Savannah family. His longtime boyfriend, Dan Krell, is a shy hospital administrator with a painful childhood past. When the holidays arrive, they decide it's time to go home together. But the depth of their commitment is tested when Ford's parents cannot reconcile themselves to their son's choices and long-kept family secrets are revealed by a visit to Dan's mother.
I've read a number of Jim Grimsely's books over the years and they fall into two categories for me. I either enjoy them or they just leave me feeling rather apathetic about them. I have yet to be able to really define the difference. 'Comfort & Joy', is not what I would describe as a happy book, it deals with a lot of issues and baggage. One of the things that I find intriguing and also frustrating about Grimsley's writing is his tendency to jump from one scene to another without any warning. This tends to give places a rather cut and paste sort of feel; however, for this book specifically, I think that it worked. It made it feel sort of harsh, in a way that worked with the story and the characters.
'Comfort & Joy', is not told in chronological order but seems to jump around a lot, which can at times be hard to follow. Despite, the frustration I actually, I really liked the way this story unfolded out of order and in bits and pieces. As you moved back and forth in time the whole story slowly reveals its truths as the puzzle pieces come together. Likewise the ending does not answer all your questions, it doesn't tie things up in a neat little bow.
While it might be nice to have something set in stone to know what exactly happened in various ways, I don't think this book requires it. I think it adds to the novel because it sort of sets off the uncertainty that's there but the willingness to work towards an end goal something that everyone wants... I don't know if that makes much sense either but lol yeah.
I also liked the way the characters were very believable, the whole thing had a very realistic feel to it. Like something that could really happen, unlike some of the novel's that I've read while they are good, it's not as realistic as this one is. I like that about this it brings some things more sharply into focus than a lot of other books do.