Done! Here are my very brief immediate thoughts based on the main reason many of us chose to read this book--the possibility of a published author confirming McLennon that goes beyond platonic. It's a fascinating book, never boring, full of deep information that carries you along like the ship John piloted through a massive Atlantic storm (near Bermuda of all places? Could you imagine if John had disappeared in the Triangle?? đŽ.) Leslie does not end up with a sexual McLennon conclusion, though I disagree with him based on his very own book. I guess it's only fair though, none of us outside the most intimate of the Beatles circle can be absolutely sure, and that's just a simple fact. He gets as close as possible though, comparing John and Paul to a very deep and meaningful friendship between two French men in the late 1500s, Michel de Montaigne and Ătienne de La BoĂŠtie, which was also cut short by the death of one, while the other grieved for the rest of his life. In conclusion, the book is beautiful, John & Paul were beautiful, their love was beautiful. Read it, but know that he sees a very complex soul mated platonic love. Just so, you know, you're not disappointed waiting for the secret Liverpudlian wedding reveal. đâşď¸đ
My shadow waiting on me to finish the dishes and pay attention to her. (She's sooooooo neglected.)
Mike: I saw the âLennonâ play before I came over here and Our Kid comes out of it a wet and rather weedy character, which is absolute bullshit, you know.
Int: Not long after John died, I heard that at a showing of âLet It Beâ, the audience booed PaulâŚ
Mike: Tragic. That really is tragic because youâll never know how what sort of love they had for each other. You didn'tneed to put it into words. So itâs sad. And I found the âLennonâ thing, the âLennonâ play in Liverpool, itâs equally sad in the fact that it wasnât like that for one. They had a healthy regard for each other. John, in his own inimitable style, was like a brother in many respectsâŚtrying to tell Our Kid things and communicate with all his things, but you know, Johnny chose, âcause thatâs the way he was, to put it in public. He chose to wash his dirty linen in public. But youâll notice Our Kid never answered back, never replied because just as John has his right to do it his way, Our Kid also has his right to do it his way. But it doesnât mean just 'cause you donât get in a ring that youâre notâit doesnât mean that youâre a coward.
I picture it soft and I ache