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Strings Attached | 
| Author: Nick Nolan
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 44245
Media: Paperback
Pages: 312
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 1419628895
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781419628894
ASIN: 1419628895
Publication Date: June 12, 2006
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Product Description
Adolescence is a hazardous way of life for 17-year-old Jeremy Tyler; his father died in a mysterious accident when he was a child, and his mother has since descended into alcoholic hell and forced rehab; that's when he's sent from the Fresno slums of his childhood to the posh estate of his overbearing great aunt Katherine and her censorious husband - liberated from an economic prison, only to land in an emotional one - and is overwhelmed by the change. It's not easy for him to fit into the upper crust, particularly because he's trying to hide how much he's attracted to other boys. Jeremy's story of breaking free from the strands of dishonesty, deceit, and self-doubt has its parallels to the tale of Pinocchio, but Nolan's queer take is totally contemporary: think the TV series The OC - girls with mean cheekbones, well-built guys with snotty attitudes, and Jeremy in the role of a queer Ryan Atwood. He's a good-looking kid, with a sleek swimmer's physique - and the swim team's champ is out to get him. He dates one of the smart-set girls in an attempt to keep his gay hormones at bay - but that doesn't do him much good. Nolan's debut novel is a kitchen sink of genres - coming of age, coming out, mystery, romance, erotica, even a dash of the supernatural - that add up to an impressive story about the passage from boyhood to manhood. -From BOOKS TO WATCH OUT FOR by Richard Labonte
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| Customer Reviews: Read 33 more reviews...
 CAN'T-PUT-IT-DOWN STORY, BEAUTIFUL WRITING September 29, 2008
MB (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just finished reading `Strings Attached' for the second time last night, and I'm just as curious to know what happens next as I was when I read it over a year ago. The writing is fast paced, and has moments approaching some of the best literature I've read. Nolan has a gift for description, so you can really see what is happening in the story. I especially loved the scenic descriptions and the relationship between Jeremy and Arthur, and how many surprises and twists there are toward the end that I absolutely didn't see coming. The Pinocchio theme is subtle, so you can read this and enjoy it with or without knowing the references in the story. I loved this book, and can't wait to buy the sequel (when is it coming out???)
 A quick read September 24, 2008
K. Wills (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just happen to stumble across this book and found it to be a quick read. The storyline flowed easily and Mr. Nolan made the characters likeable.
 Smooth read but poor writing September 13, 2008
Luis Nakajo
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
'Strings attached' could be so much more. The plot is very charming, but the lack of strength in its writing makes the whole story seems like a bad-concealed re-telling of the Pinocchio tale -a thing the writer himself stresses in the foreword, which I thought was unecessary.
Sometimes, you can see right through the writers' intentions when he writes something down (such as making some elements close to the puppet's story) -and that's it. You have no depth of meaning that could entice you to future re-readings.
But, sure, the characters are very easy to relate to. That much is to be credited to Nolan.
 Good beach read, kind of loses it in the end September 5, 2008
J. Erik Johnson (Verona, NJ USA)
I started reading this book and it didn't grab me right away, so I put it down in favor of one or two others, then picked it back up to read on my beach vacation. It is a good beach read. Like other reviewers have said, it is a teen-themed coming of age/coming out novel with many parallels to teen TV soaps. But it was enjoyable and did keep me interested and turning the pages. But by the end I was disappointed in the turn it took. After the other star on the swim team makes a pass at the main character, he just kind of drops out of the story. Then, the teen drama sort of takes a back seat when the mother shows up and the story takes a turn into murder-mystery territory. I thought that direction for the ending was too melodramatic so I ended up not liking the book as much because of that. Too bad, because it was good up until that point. If you like gay fiction it is worth a read, especially on a beach or a plane, but it could have been better. It does set itself up for a sequel which isn't too bad--the main character is likable enough and the writing is good enough that the sequel has potential. I actually found the author's notes at the end describing the parallels to Pinocchio to be pretty interesting.
Stunning. August 7, 2008
Russell (Seattle, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is by far one of the best pieces of gay literature ive ever read. I can totally relate to Jeremy and his life situation. Going from one extreme, to another. And how money can change you.
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