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love/rock/compost
Love, death, music, and persistent depressive disorder...
Millennial artists navigate the ever-present past that shapes and drives them, searching for a road they can travel into a future together.
With his thirties looming, failed botanist Lindsey Quinlan finds himself unemployed and facing up to the truth: he's been going nowhere all his adult life, and the simmering background depression he's fought for years is threatening to drown him and destroy the last and only good thing he has, his relationship with his boyfriend, aspiring rock star Thomas Smith Gorev. Even his dead brother Raleigh is nagging him to get help.
Guitarist Thomas "Tank" Gorev is ready for the bigtime, if his band can just find that one missing element to propel them beyond their indie cult status, but his partner's worsening mental state is a growing concern. He misplaced Lindsey moments after their very first kiss, and having found him again seven years later, isn't about to let him go so easily a second time, but is that going to mean putting his career and his bandmates' futures on hold to watch over a man sinking down into the dark?
Millennial artists navigate the ever-present past that shapes and drives them, searching for a road they can travel into a future together.
With his thirties looming, failed botanist Lindsey Quinlan finds himself unemployed and facing up to the truth: he's been going nowhere all his adult life, and the simmering background depression he's fought for years is threatening to drown him and destroy the last and only good thing he has, his relationship with his boyfriend, aspiring rock star Thomas Smith Gorev. Even his dead brother Raleigh is nagging him to get help.
Guitarist Thomas "Tank" Gorev is ready for the bigtime, if his band can just find that one missing element to propel them beyond their indie cult status, but his partner's worsening mental state is a growing concern. He misplaced Lindsey moments after their very first kiss, and having found him again seven years later, isn't about to let him go so easily a second time, but is that going to mean putting his career and his bandmates' futures on hold to watch over a man sinking down into the dark?
321 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 17, 2020
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February 8, 2021
love/rock/compost, at its core, is a character study about two men and the paths they lead together and apart. One man is just trying to make ends meet and push through a depression that has had its grip on him his entire life. The other is doing all he can to be a success in the music industry because that’s where his passions lie. And together they are trying to find a way to make it all work without losing each other in the process.
There is nothing more complicated about the plot than these two men dealing with life as it comes at them. And I think that’s why I love this book so much. It all feels so real and relatable. I find a lot of myself in Lindsey and wish I had someone like Thomas in my life helping to keep me grounded. It’s easy to understand how these two came together and why they just work. While I did find non-linear plot a little difficult at times, it didn’t stop me from enjoying this book. And I can recognize that this was probably a Kelli-thing and not anything the author did or didn’t do.
If you are in the mood for a book with a lot of heart then this is definitely one you should give a try.
There is nothing more complicated about the plot than these two men dealing with life as it comes at them. And I think that’s why I love this book so much. It all feels so real and relatable. I find a lot of myself in Lindsey and wish I had someone like Thomas in my life helping to keep me grounded. It’s easy to understand how these two came together and why they just work. While I did find non-linear plot a little difficult at times, it didn’t stop me from enjoying this book. And I can recognize that this was probably a Kelli-thing and not anything the author did or didn’t do.
If you are in the mood for a book with a lot of heart then this is definitely one you should give a try.
October 12, 2020
An awesome read, a page turner.
October 24, 2020
Naturally I'm biased ... ;-)
... but I still find I reread chunks of it whenever I pick it up.
... but I still find I reread chunks of it whenever I pick it up.
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