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Brokeback Mountain
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bookshelves: mm, romance, shorties-less-than-100-pages, cry-fest, best-of-the-fricken-best, mm-faves, down-on-the-ranch, lgbt
Aug 20, 2018
bookshelves: mm, romance, shorties-less-than-100-pages, cry-fest, best-of-the-fricken-best, mm-faves, down-on-the-ranch, lgbt
5 Stars
Brokeback Mountain is a beautifully heartbreaking short story about two lonely cowboys falling in love.
Author Annie Proulx is one of the few impressively skilled and deftly capable writers who are able to convey an entire lifetime of joy and sorrow in so few pages. Her prose is lyrical, poignant, and so very precise, with each scarce word used to full effect. Her words moved me, plain and simple.
Regardless of how many times I’ve seen the film adaptation, reading about Ennis and Jack’s tragic love still knocked the wind out of me, much like it did the very first time I experienced their story on screen. The good news is the film is practically a scene for scene depiction of what is written here, which is such a rare occurrence where adaptations are concerned.
There is just something so sad about this one; it always makes me ache for what Ennis and Jack could have had. Although tragic in nature, I still adored this story and I definitely understand the praise and accolades this award-winning tale has received over the years. I’m just so glad I finally sat down and read it for myself.
Brokeback Mountain is a beautifully heartbreaking short story about two lonely cowboys falling in love.
Author Annie Proulx is one of the few impressively skilled and deftly capable writers who are able to convey an entire lifetime of joy and sorrow in so few pages. Her prose is lyrical, poignant, and so very precise, with each scarce word used to full effect. Her words moved me, plain and simple.
Regardless of how many times I’ve seen the film adaptation, reading about Ennis and Jack’s tragic love still knocked the wind out of me, much like it did the very first time I experienced their story on screen. The good news is the film is practically a scene for scene depiction of what is written here, which is such a rare occurrence where adaptations are concerned.
There is just something so sad about this one; it always makes me ache for what Ennis and Jack could have had. Although tragic in nature, I still adored this story and I definitely understand the praise and accolades this award-winning tale has received over the years. I’m just so glad I finally sat down and read it for myself.
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Quotes Meags Liked
“There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it.”
― Brokeback Mountain
― Brokeback Mountain
“He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands.”
― Brokeback Mountain
― Brokeback Mountain
Reading Progress
August 20, 2018
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Started Reading
August 20, 2018
– Shelved
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
mm
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
romance
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
shorties-less-than-100-pages
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
cry-fest
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
best-of-the-fricken-best
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
mm-faves
August 20, 2018
– Shelved as:
down-on-the-ranch
August 21, 2018
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Finished Reading
November 27, 2018
– Shelved as:
lgbt
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Aug 21, 2018 08:27AM
I really like the movie. It's heartbreakingly beautiful. Maybe I should give this book a go:)
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Bookreader87(Amanda) wrote: "I really like the movie. It's heartbreakingly beautiful. Maybe I should give this book a go:)"Can’t hurt.... well, it will hurt, but in a beautifully tragic kind of way. Lol.
Terrific review sweet Meags ! :) x It is a deeply emotional tale.
Denise wrote: "Terrific review sweet Meags ! :) x It is a deeply emotional tale."Sure is! Thanks, Denise. Xx
Lovely review. So happy you enjoyed it. Annie Proulx is a gem and this story is both heartbreaking and beautiful.
Your recent reading inspired me, so thank you. 😊
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It was such a tragic but beautiful story and you worded that perfectly🩵
Imme wrote: "It was such a tragic but beautiful story and you worded that perfectly🩵"Thanks, Imme. It’s a classic short, for sure. Glad to see you enjoyed it too — although “enjoyed” is clearly the wrong word for it, but you know what I mean! 😉
