Member Review

Eat, Gay, Love is a book you will either absolutely adore for Calum McSwiggan candour and openness in his personal journey and the people he meets a long the way, or you hate it and think it's far fetched and simplistic. It's a very marmite novel.

The novel is all about Calum exploring his sexuality, and who he is after having his heartbroken. He doesn't hold back when it comes to his feelings, at times he seems like an incredibly likeable guy who you'd have a laugh with on a night out or who you just want to hug because of all the things he gone through. Then there are times within the book where he comes across as exceedingly selfish, judgemental and so unwilling to hold himself accountable for his own actions you just want to shake him and say grow up,

But that's sort of the point of the novel so it works.... it's an exploration of Calum finding himself, of him healing and moving on and him learning to embrace who he is and living life to the fullest. This a story many in the LGBT+ community will read and relate to.