Boys & Girls Together

I hated for this book to ever end! The characters were all so interesting yet so sad. It isn't a feel good book by any means! I felt very anxious through the majority of the book, which may not be a good thing since it is close to 800 pages, but it so well written! It is one of William Goldman's best books! I read alot of books and it is rare to find a really good book these days!! Thank Goodness I've found William Goldman! He seldom lets me down!

I love this book. I've read it six times and I seldom read a book more than once....but this book, I don't know, I just love it. However, I have recommended it to several my friends who usually enjoy my recommendations and all but two (who LOVED it!) have disliked or said they actually hated it. So I guess it's safe to assume it's a "love it or hate" it kind of thing. All I can say is, if you appreciate really terrific writing and interesting charactors, give this book a try. If you're looking for a fairy tale and fairy tale ending with happy fairy tale charactors, look elsewhere. But I gotta say it again....I LOVE THIS BOOK!!

Sometime in the 1960's I discovered Boys & Girls Together. I don't recall how I got my first copy. It certainly wasn't handed to me by Sister Immaculata at Archbishop Prendergast high school. Nor did my Italian father suggest that I read it. However the book made its way into my hands and the words found the path to my curious brain - I am eternally grateful. The characters and the stories embedded themselves into my psyche and made me hungrier than ever to explore new worlds beyond the tight borders of home,school and family. I was never the same again. Recently I bought myself a new copy. I hadn't read it in years and wondered if the old magic was still there. I opened the book and read the first line. It was quite an experience. I was transported back "in time" and across many decades when a new door had opened for me. Thank you William Goldman. I was not disappointed.

I looked at it, pondered over it, it seemed to call my name. At fifteen years old, in that old Woolworth building in South Mississippi, about 1965, I put in it my hands and had to have it. I knew I had to write when I read that "Aaron's eyes burned" because he read so much. I was a girl, he was a boy, a homosexual boy, but I understood him. I knew him. I also decided to become a writer of books someday, and now I am. Thank you Mr. Goldman for the very best book I've ever read. I'm buying copies for the sensitive people I love. Thank God it's in print again.Susan Arnett

This being the first William Goldman book I read, I also believe it to be the best. Never before have read a book that had such detailed, quirky, and unique characters. There is a dedication to each character I've never again seen paralelled that makes the story an experience one could never forget. Search your local libraries and book stores for this book. It's worth it.