Are You Ready?
Author: Rik Isensee
List Price: $13.95
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ISBN: 1555834590
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist (15 April, 1999)
Sales Rank: 71,167
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Just what I was looking for
I just finished reading this book and found it to be very helpful. I liked the style in which the author presented the top of dealing with midlife as a gay man. Each chapter ended with a series of questions that you could evaluate yourself on the chapter's topics, both from a perspective of where you have been and where you are going. The author used interviews and interactions with several of his clients as he discussed a topic. These gay men were from diverse backgrounds and in different situations. It made the book relevant to me. Many gay-oriented books seem to be targeting gay men from large "Gay Mecca" communities on the East and West Coast. They often forget that the typical gay male lives in smaller communities, typically in the Midwest or South and life experiences are different than those immersed in a totally gay environment and culture. This book was able to speak to gay men in all communities. All in all, I would recommend this book for a good starting point in exploring midlife as a gay man. The reading was easy. It answered several of my concerns and opened me up for self-reflection as I explore this issue more.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Are Your Ready to Part With Your Money On This Fluff?
I was deeply disappointed with Mr. Insensee's book, and moreover, surprised at the "Readers Digest Condensed" style of writing and format. Sadly, the book just rehashes the same information over and again, and offers no really, deep concrete solutions of dealing with being gay and middle aged. It was irritating in that it asked dozens of questions of the reader and offered no indepth insight into various topics.Mr.Insensee interviewed a series of middle aged gay men, and has quoted their thoughts and concerns in this book. Often these quotes are interjected into the manuscript, cutting off any real solutions to problems. It is just commentary without the advice. Fluff and page filling that is akin to a C- minus college term paper. These quotes get in the way of the book, and are scattered throughout the manuscript in places where more depth is needed on certain topics.
This book panders to middle aged gay men and was a ... disappointment.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Good ideas presented as a first draft.
If you have ever wanted to read a book (about being gay and middle aged) with good ideas that are presented as a first working draft of a manuscript with no revisons, then this is the book for you.
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