Shayno

Don t get fooled by the cover, this is not at all your typical decapitated naked torso M M gay romance this is not a romance at all but the self discovery journey of two men, the narrator and Kevin Already from this little detail, the fact that the narrator has no name since basically you read most of the novel living in his mind, you can understand that this story has not an ordinary development, and even when it s not told in first point of view from the narrator, the punctuation is not ordin [...]

Difficult subject matter, but a fantastic book nonethelessWarning This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS Rating 10 10PROS This is an intelligently written book which might take a little while to get used to if you re unfamiliar with experimental writing techniques The characters speech, for example, is not set off by quote marks, as is usually the case in published fiction lines of dialogue simply begin with a dash Here s an example Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be parking [...]

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2.5 StarsThe subject of domestic violence, partner abuse, or any other name it is referred to by, is extremely distasteful and particularly complex It is difficult to like something about a topic so objectionable.The main story of the novel Shayno follows the interactions between an unnamed thirty something gay narrator and Shayne, an ostensibly straight, mid twenties Australian man, from their first meeting at the gym through friendship into psychological and emotional abuse view spoiler and fi [...]

Review by Charly Anchor, very well analyzed It s not an easy book, but one of the best on a LGBT subject ever written 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful 5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult subject matter, but a fantastic book nonetheless, November 28, 2010By Charly T Anchor Texas See all my reviews VINE VOICE This review is from Shayno Kindle Edition Warning This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating 10 10PROS This is an intelligently written book which might ta [...]

The story follows two men, or rather a man and a boy Kevin, a nineteen year old gay Australian boy who escapes the America after being brutally beaten by his father following his coming out and a thirty something gay English man who has been working in America for some time as a computer programmer and who strikes up a friendship with Shayne, a handsome well built Australian he meets at the gym Kevin is in the States looking for the man he met back home and whom he thinks he is in love with, in [...]

Pretty much everything was a little or a lot, sometimes off pacing, plot, characters, information dosage, drama, location many things seemed pointless or too much of a coincidence It was wordy, both in volume, which should have been cut down to about 2 3s, and in vocabulary, with too many words that are perfect for books, but not stories like this They seemed out of place despite the described but never really proven intelligence of the main characters.The author took a long time establishing th [...]

I think this is the sort of book one would like to read when one has doubts staring at oneself from every possible side This is a journey of self discovery, one would say And I agree, too But it is than just that The characters are well built and not just the hunks The plot is not your usual run of the mill M M plot with painfully predictable s The language is soothingly cultured, and it is, for want of a better word or phrase, the type of language used by men not your Wordsworth ian Man, thoug [...]

This was one of the most fucked up books I ve ever had the pleasure of reading The book tells two stories First, the nameless narrator His voice is sorta stream of consciousness and it takes a little while to get used to it Then there s Kevin I can t really say anything without giving away the plot Kevin is a young guy coming from Australia to the US in search of Shayno Shayne Shayno is a bad dude but Kevin is in love with him Oh, and did I mention that the nameless narrator also is involved wit [...]

Shayno was the first book I read by Marten Weber, and it is his absolute best It is incredibly well written, with thoroughly developed, beautifully contemporary characters In style and vocabulary, it is miles above what I found under gay American literature Weber reminds me of some of the classic authors like Woolf for Vidal, but with a beautiful modern twist The story is fantastic sad, exciting, with a sense of dark humor and ultimately hopelessly romantic I don t want to give too much away, be [...]

Thoroughly enjoyable read, which drew me in from the very beginning and made me care about the characters Can highly recommend it.

Marten Weber is such a great writer.