The Boy Behind The Red Door (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
I enjoyed this short story but felt no real connection to the Christmas theme. In fact Christmas is only used as the reason Matt goes home, we don’t see any of the Christmas traditions.It was overall a sweet happy read, despite Matt being a bit of a gloomy guts. Things felt a bit abrupt at the end. I would of loved to read the actual dinner with all the family. I certainly would of liked to see Matt apologise for the way he treated his mum. A feel good read not necessarily for Christmas. He's done it again. John Goode is, well, good! His way with words is beautiful. He takes ordinary, everyday, common words and weaves them together in such a way that they pull you in, wrap themselves around you, make you part of the story, comfort you and challenge you - all at the same time. I don't know how he does it but I love his writing. The Boy Behind the Red Door was his Christmas book. Since I'm perpetually behind in reading I just got to it this morning. The story of an adult gay son returning home for Christmas to see his family, his hometown, is a familiar one for me. It was nice to see once again that I'm not the only one, that there are other members of my tribe - we're just scattered far and wide.His story is well-structured. The main character is thoughtful, flawed, and caring - just like all of us. The main character tries to make things better for one of his brothers which I found to be incredibly sweet. I won't say more so that I don't give away the story. All I can say is he's done it again, and you really need to read this book if you haven't already. And if the author is reading this, when will we see more from you? I have a craving for more. If you write it, I will read it. Thanks
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