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"I feel both enjoyment and embarassment seeing this fiction of mine on Goodreads. This work of fiction has been a challenge since it was my first try at writing a story in English, since my first language is French, and some kind of a pleasurable experience because of the opportunity given to gay fiction authors by Nifty. I understand that this work is far from being perfect, the purpose of my writing Hate was not on that level. I couldn't have imagined that fiction to find a fanbase this large and to find a way into databases like the one of Goodreads of all the places. It was a bad idea of me to write this story under my real name because I couldn't have imagined that when my name would surface, this piece of work would find its way to the surface yet again. Fortunately, all the other books I have written professionally have been signed with pen names."
Martin Clément, author.
Lucas has been living a desolate life for the last five years since he was eleven years old and everyone found out he was gay. His best friend who he had been caught kissing turned against him, his father pretends he is dead, and he is constantly harrased in school. Then suddenly his best friend wants to talk to him again.
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Word approx. 36,256
"I feel both enjoyment and embarassment seeing this fiction of mine on Goodreads. This work of fiction has been a challenge since it was my first try at writing a story in English, since my first language is French, and some kind of a pleasurable experience because of the opportunity given to gay fiction authors by Nifty. I understand that this work is far from being perfect, the purpose of my writing Hate was not on that level. I couldn't have imagined that fiction to find a fanbase this large and to find a way into databases like the one of Goodreads of all the places. It was a bad idea of me to write this story under my real name because I couldn't have imagined that when my name would surface, this piece of work would find its way to the surface yet again. Fortunately, all the other books I have written professionally have been signed with pen names."
Martin Clément, author.
Lucas has been living a desolate life for the last five years since he was eleven years old and everyone found out he was gay. His best friend who he had been caught kissing turned against him, his father pretends he is dead, and he is constantly harrased in school. Then suddenly his best friend wants to talk to him again.
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Word approx. 36,256
- GenresContemporaryM M Romance
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First published January 1, 2006
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
June 10, 2010
Finished in April, forgot to put it here. OMG, tears!!! It's heartbreaking indeed and I keep having my heart squeezed. I'm so happy for the happy ending because I don't know if my heart can take it.
May 12, 2010
Terrible Nifty fic. I have seen this recommended around a lot recently, to my horror and complete disbelief. I don't know how this got onto Goodreads, but since I saw it here, I felt compelled to warn people away from reading it. Seriously, I thought it was pretty much the worst thing ever (what I read of it). Whoever wrote it has absolutely no grasp of grammar/spelling or learned English as a 2nd language. Really, it's bad, just don't do it.
November 4, 2011
I liked the book, even though it's not very realistic, the way one day Lucas' problems almost magically started to solve themselves and all the people who wronged him started to get their conscience back. It also surprised me that the events took place in modern Montreal.
Still, I couldn't put the book down.
The errors in the book are indeed numerous, but it's not a published edition, so I feel like I shouldn't be complaining. Plus there are published works out there, that are not much better in that respect.
3.75 stars.
Still, I couldn't put the book down.
The errors in the book are indeed numerous, but it's not a published edition, so I feel like I shouldn't be complaining. Plus there are published works out there, that are not much better in that respect.
3.75 stars.
May 31, 2010
I am not a crier. But this had me crying so badly. A wonderful read.
June 23, 2014
If you can get past the English grammatical errors and the cheesiness of events than this story is for you. For me the grammar wasn't the least appealing part of the story. I felt a lot of things happened really fast based on a couple of really "coincidental events". The distractions of the authors grammar was not issue, but the issue was probably the authors inability to adequately describe the characters feelings in a language they were unfamiliar with. The author describes the main characters love as mainly hero-worship and adoration. However, I mean I pretty much worship the ground that some soccer players walk on, but I would not want to have sex with them. Whether this was a barrier of the grasp of English language or not, it wouldn't matter. The story hit quite a few of my sentimental zones, and definitely made me cry and relate to the character.
April 20, 2011
This seemed some-what of a short story. The writing didn't feel finished in a way, the story may be rushed and better diction could have been used. The story itself is almost a cliché but still kind of enjoyable if you can get pass the spelling/grammar errors.
April 25, 2012
i just finished crying after this. This took a lot of forgiveness on my part. and it felt real and not contrived or overdone!!!!!!!!!!
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