Review: Another great book by an amazing author!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 12, 2012
This is the second full length novel I've read by the J.F. Smith. The first was Latakia. They are both excellent. What I really love about his characters is that they are flawed. Both emotionally and physically. I am so tired of reading about gay characters who are perfect! In Latakia, Mope's nose was a little crooked and his ears stuck out a little too much. I like that! In Falling off the Face of the Earth, Brick isn't magazine pretty and he has a little bit of a beer-belly. I like that! This is a nice long read, but I like that about it. Also, no gratuitous sex scenes. I like that. Sometimes the story can be plot driven without hot, steamy sex on every other page! Don't get me wrong, I still read those every now and than. I am gay.Anyway, the main character, James, comes back to his hometown to sort things out. His life went off the tracks in New York. He only plans on staying there long enough to recover from a tragedy and then move on to some other big city. But as we all know, life has a way of making its own plans for us without even so much as a consultation. Then in walks Brick, the bully who made his life in Junior High a living hell. And he works for James' mother to boot! So here he is stuck in a crappy job, living in a crappy apartment, and his mom wants him to forget about the past and be this guys best bud?! Huh, uh... no way!!! Well, you have to read the book to find out whether or not they bury the hatchet. Go on. Read it. You won't be sorry you did.