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Love Ruins Everything

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I stumbled across this book in the library and I'm so glad I did! Tulchinsky had me laughing out loud! I loved Nomi (she was like the dyke version of Holden Caulfield)Henry and the rest of the crew. The author was inclusive (dom, femme, straight, gay, black, white, Jewish) without being preachy and informative (i learned so much about AIDS from this book) without being "heavy." She achieved a nice mix of entertainment and education--not just about AIDS but about the entire "gay expreience."

I'm anxiously awaiting the sequel-- she HAS to let us know what happens with Nomi and Julie, Henry and Roger, her mom and Murray and Albert's new fling. I will definitely be keeping my eye on this author.

A great book for young and old dykes and the people who love them. Toulchinsky is a master at original dialogue. This book is a quick, funny, real read. I highly recommend it!

Nomi is a Jewish butch whose lover leaves her for a man, despite the love they share. She crashes at a friend's place as she tries to figure out her next move, but her mother finds her nonetheless. Her mother is getting remarried and Nomi has to go home to Toronto. In the dead of winter. She reconnects with her cousin Henry, who's recovering from being gay-bashed. Henry discovers that he has developed AIDS, and his partner Roger tolerates, barely, Henry's continued involvement with Albert and his conspiracy theories about the American government trying to kill him. Albert has alarming proof about the origin of AIDS, which he claims the American government created, and he's looking for someone to write the article. Nomi also reconnects with Julie, the woman who got away, but this time the sparks fly and become a brilliant blaze. Meanwhile, Roger and Henry go through their own hard times. Full of humor and heartache, "Love Ruins Everything" is a delightful romance that will charm every reader.

I bought this book on a whim, and was half expecting another boring lesbian novel. Was I ever wrong. This book had everything, stories of love, stories of deception, stories of conspiracy, and all in all was a page turner. I highly recommend this book for anyone out there who has suffered from a breakup and needs a little material to read to cheer them up, or to anyone who just wants something to read that they will never wonder when the story is going to end. BUY THIS BOOK! ENJOY :)

I bought this book while having problems with my own girlfriend. The title attracted me. But once I opened the cover I couldn't put the book down. Naomi had all of my sympathy and tears when sapphire kept hurting her. I felt her triumph when she finally found Julie.

I bought this book not long after my own lover uttered the words, "Let's start being non-monogamous..." to me, just as Sapphire did to Nomi. But as I read on, I became more and more intrigued. I love this book, and the way it cruises back and forth from Nomi's point of view to Henry's. Amazingly written... can't wait to find more of Ms. Tulchinsky's work and read it... You have a reader for life, Karen!

Tulchinsky's fabulous writing style switches seamlessly between two characters and their 1st person perspectives; thereby creating one plot line with two unique perspectives. I truly enjoyed the reality of Nomi's and Henry's lives, although the theories on AIDS and its origins are a bit far fetched. ENJOY!!

A wonderful read. You laugh and cry with the main characters, Nomi and Henry. You really feel their emotions.

This was a fabulous read! It was a very realistic page turner that people like us can relate to! Encore Tulchinsky!

Tulchinsky's account of a lesbian at large is an enjoyable, easy-to-read page-turner, but it too often becomes exaggerated and/or predictable, and the theories regarding the origins of AIDS come too late in the book. The similarities to the stories of Leslea Newman are uncanny; one wonders whether they are intentional. All in all, though, a good read.