"I wish I knew how to quit you."


The movie Brokeback Mountain is one of my favorite movies of all time I literally own three different versions of the DVD and I've been wanting to get my hands on the book for years now. My local library finally had the audiobook available and I listened to it immediately. It took me less than an hour to listen to the whole thing, and damn this story is just incredible. I think I loved reading the book even more after seeing the movie because I already know and love these characters. The only reason I took off a star is because I feel like this book is too short (55 pages) and it could've been so much more powerful and emotional if we had more time to get to know the characters, and if the author had given them more time to develop.

Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist are one of my favorite fictional couples of all time and I adored reading this book so much. The ending made me cry and I couldn't believe how spot on it is with the movie. The dialogue is word-for-word accurate to the movie so as a lover of book to movie adaptations I really appreciate how accurate and true it is to the book. However, I do think this is one of those rare scenarios where the movie is better than the book. I don't know if I would have loved this book as much as I did if it wasn't for seeing Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal bring these characters to life and making me fall in love with their love beforehand.

Either way, I loved this book so much and it makes me want to watch the movie again. I just love Ennis and Jack's tragic love story. BRB, crying forever.

3.5

la verdad que me quiero pegar en la cara porque es hermoso

This is a short story, sixty four pages, but Annie Proulx crafted a heck of a story in sixty four pages. The characters, even the minor ones, are described so vividly that ever detail is burned into your mind. The same with the setting, the back ranges of rugged Wyoming and the small cowboy towns, place you right in the middle of Ennis and Jack's existence. The story, as most people know from the movie, is about the love these two young men find with one another. Even though they are both married with children, nothing is quite right in their lives, until that summer herding on Brokeback Mountain when everything changed.

I've now read The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain, and I'm looking for the next thing to read from Annie Proulx.