The plot never developed. Who is the protagonist? Generally boring and slow

This book was so moving. For any of us with compassion that lived through this, it brings back the hopelessness that permeated around this disease, but also the happiness and laughter that represented the young and the free who were just beginning to be accepted in this world.

I recommend keeping google open while reading. Seeing pictures and reading articles about events in this book brought the whole thing into vivid life. Good book.

Beautiful, captivating, novel! Highly recommend. Especially for those with a love for Chicago.

You will fall in love with the beauty which overpowers the darkness in this book.

Gripping tale that weaves together 1980s Chicago and both interwar and 2015 Paris. Makkai crafted engrossing, relatable characters who make you ache, despair, and hope.

Thank you for the telling of this story; although, I initially could feel the dynamics of where the story was going, but then I did get it. Sadly, these stories were very real to me, even though I remember a mother writing to me telling of the horrible and humiliating experience her son had to go through before succumbing to this disease. I really was too young to understand loss; at 30 I did not know unconditional love, compassion, emphatic, really, not even a sincere, genuine embrace. The reality of our LGBTQ culture is that while we are allowed to coexist, we are still greatly prejudiced.

Very powerful book. As a lesbian having lived through the 80s AIDS crisis this book provided so much more insight into our men's lives, loves, and daily struggles than I was even aware of. Thank you for educating my head and heart.

Sympathetic, well developed main characters Reminder of what it was really like if you were in Chicago or NY In the 80s The last 100 pages were page turners RPCilia

This was an excellent read. I felt I was witnessing first hand how these people were dealing with such devastation. A book about deep friendship, trust and support.