Seems a heartening work on grief -- plan to read the rest.... ( )

At the beginning I detested the writer and the person he was. But reading this book, and seeing the author struggle through his own foibles as he accepted love and worked to care for his dying partner, made me reconsider how quick I am to judge others. We all have roads to walk, and if I could have helped Johnson carry his load during the darkest days, I would have happily assisted. For at the end of the book I admired his strength, his honesty, and his taste in partners. And who he had allowed himself to become. That's the crucial bit. A really important book, I think. For gay people but really for anyone. ( )

Beneficial and spirited, though woven with poor sophomoric emotions (pride, selfishness), Fenton's tale of his love and loss - and, through which, his personal maturation - proves intriguing, contemplative, and kind-hearted. ( )