My Policeman
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- Author：Bethan Roberts
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Summary
Discover an exquisitely told， tragic tale of thwarted love。
It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom。 He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both。
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom。 Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous， sophisticated new world。
Tom is their policeman， and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion。 The two lovers must share him， until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed。
'A moving story of longing and frustration' Observer
It is in 1950s' Brighton that Marion first catches sight of Tom。 He teaches her to swim in the shadow of the pier and Marion is smitten - determined her love will be enough for them both。
A few years later in Brighton Museum Patrick meets Tom。 Patrick is besotted with Tom and opens his eyes to a glamorous， sophisticated new world。
Tom is their policeman， and in this age it is safer for him to marry Marion。 The two lovers must share him， until one of them breaks and three lives are destroyed。
'A moving story of longing and frustration' Observer
Reviews
Thomas Jarly
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3。8
Kara
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（4。5）
newangelhes
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non ho parole per descrivere questo libro， penso sia da leggere tutto d’un fiato。 spero solo che in un altro universo patrick e tom siano insieme， in pace， a venezia。
Catherine
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5/5 I don’t usually get emotional over books but this one just got me sucked right in with it’s plot and what happened just broke me a little。
T。Y Jung
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Best book of 2021 so far！ Absolutely heartbreaking， tragic， beautiful， this story is just one I would read and read all over again。 I loved reading about the perspective of Marion and Patrick。 All the characters were flawed， unique， charming in their own way。 Damn this just went up to one of my favorite books of all time！
Elina
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cries
kylene
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⭐️ 3。75😐。。。。。。。。this was a 4 stars for the first three quarters but then the Sad Part came and man。。。。。 it was so infuriating i had to put my book down for an hour。 it’s superbly written and i’m more than excited to see harry swimming and wearing suits in 1950s england but。 this one hurt and not in a fun way
Prinkips
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2。5 stars。So， I'd decided to read My Policeman since it was announced a movie adaptation was in development starring Harry Styles and I'm always here for more queer content。However， this book is just another "Tragic-Gay Love Story" that doesn't add anything new to the genre。The story had potential since Bethan Roberts makes the wife of one of the two lovers， a protagonist where usually in this kind of story the girlfriend/wife is almost always a secondary character。My Policeman uses a double poi 2。5 stars。So， I'd decided to read My Policeman since it was announced a movie adaptation was in development starring Harry Styles and I'm always here for more queer content。However， this book is just another "Tragic-Gay Love Story" that doesn't add anything new to the genre。The story had potential since Bethan Roberts makes the wife of one of the two lovers， a protagonist where usually in this kind of story the girlfriend/wife is almost always a secondary character。My Policeman uses a double point of view。 In the present （1999） we follow Marion， the wife of Tom （the policeman） while writes to Patrick （Tom's lover） the story of her life with her husband。 In the second point of view instead， we read Patrick's diary in the period （1957） he falls in love with Tom。Unfortunately though， besides one occasion， this framing device doesn't make sense。 On more than one occasion I thought there were too many （unnecessary） details。*But for me， the biggest problem with this book is the character of Tom。 We never get his point of view。 You might argue that that's the point， but in the end， I didn't understand him or not even why Marion and Patrick were so madly in love with him besides being a beautiful man。 I felt he was just the piece of paper his two lovers were writing on， without any depth。On the writing style， I have to say， Bethan Roberts wrote some beautiful passages。 The 50s setting was also really well established and through the good descriptions， she really made me immerge in those years。If Tom didn't manage to make an impression on me， I can't say the same of Marion of Patrick。 They were really well written and even though I found Marion really annoying at times （I get it， she was a woman in the 50s but still， I rolled so many times my eyes reading her chapters） I appreciate how Roberts managed to still make her sympathetic。 Patrick's chapters were my favorite even though I thought she made go this character through too much pain。 It was the "Tragic-Gay" trope to the Nth degree。To conclude， I really hope the movie will change a lot of the source material， first of all by giving more space to Tom。*SPOILER Also， what was the point of that HUGE time skip？ What happened in between？ Wouldn't have been better instead if the three of them would have reunited after Patrick left jail？ And if Roberts really wanted to keep the "Marion taking care of Patrick" angle， she could have made that Patrick needed to recover after being beaten up in jail。 Written the way it is， I don't understand why after all those years not only Tom didn't contact Patrick， but also why didn't divorce Marion。 Or even why she didn't！ It is clear that she wasn't happy and I imagine that after a while， she must have come to terms with the fact that Tom would have never changed。 Again， the framing devices she chose made more arm than good to the story。 。。。more
Wendela Westerberg
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Mitt hjärta är krossat。。。💔 Jag måste läsa denna boken igen nu när jag vet vem som är uppläsare och vem som har skrivit。 Längtar ihjäl mig efter att få se filmatiseringen av My Policeman。⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Caitlin London
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I really liked this book。。。I think if I wasn’t a teacher then I might not have connected with the main character as much。
Giovanna
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I better get some cute 50s outfits in the movie adaptation
Alquine Miranda
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DUM de， goes my heart。 A tragic love story。 Felt the pain。 It's so good that it breaks my heart。 I've already had high expectations and it did not disappoint。 One of the best I've read this 2021 so far。 DUM de， goes my heart。 A tragic love story。 Felt the pain。 It's so good that it breaks my heart。 I've already had high expectations and it did not disappoint。 One of the best I've read this 2021 so far。 。。。more
Ema
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doing this for harry styles
Mighty Gust of Wind
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Read this because I'm currently on the Harry Styles side of tiktok which also comes with the Larry Stylinson trope。 The internet says Harry will be casted as Tom， and that it will probably released in 2022？ not sure。 But anyway， it was such a lovely read。 I loved every bit of it。 I loved the way the narrative was delivered， the way grit and gentleness coexisted in its prose。 （also， a part of me wonders why it's not "Our Policeman" since they did， share Tom， but I guess "My Policeman" works too， Read this because I'm currently on the Harry Styles side of tiktok which also comes with the Larry Stylinson trope。 The internet says Harry will be casted as Tom， and that it will probably released in 2022？ not sure。 But anyway， it was such a lovely read。 I loved every bit of it。 I loved the way the narrative was delivered， the way grit and gentleness coexisted in its prose。 （also， a part of me wonders why it's not "Our Policeman" since they did， share Tom， but I guess "My Policeman" works too， because Tom was never really Marion's。） 。。。more
Afroza Mahazabin
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When will GR let us have fraction stars bc solid ones barely cover but that's a conversation too well farmented by now fr me to have it all over again。Need a star more than 3 but definitely less than 4。 The dilemma here is。。。 this has been a great read。 I fairly flew through the book for how easily and engagingly it's written， the well-developed characters made it possible for me to sympathize with them， to love them（ minus a vengeful one）， to loath them（ the number is really more than i reckone When will GR let us have fraction stars bc solid ones barely cover but that's a conversation too well farmented by now fr me to have it all over again。Need a star more than 3 but definitely less than 4。 The dilemma here is。。。 this has been a great read。 I fairly flew through the book for how easily and engagingly it's written， the well-developed characters made it possible for me to sympathize with them， to love them（ minus a vengeful one）， to loath them（ the number is really more than i reckoned） and to bitch about if given the chance。 Even after all that。。 I can't explain exactly what but something was missing still？ If it's more focus on the later years after Patrick was liberated or how Tom lived through all these years。 I feel like we could have very well done without Alice's tantrums or some other useless description and maybe give more light on Julia！ She deserved more。 。。。more
Leri Wigley
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Blugh。 Tiresome drivel。 Turnaround and forget about this awful awful book。 I'm sure there are some people who liked this book but I cannot bring myself to even pretend to like it。 No no nopety nope no。 Blugh。 Tiresome drivel。 Turnaround and forget about this awful awful book。 I'm sure there are some people who liked this book but I cannot bring myself to even pretend to like it。 No no nopety nope no。 。。。more
James
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Stunning - that's all I can say about this book。 It is absolutely， heartbreakingly， stunning。 Stunning - that's all I can say about this book。 It is absolutely， heartbreakingly， stunning。 。。。more
Jessica Lamb
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amazing！！ read it coz of harry but sobbed like a baby hahahah amazing though！！！
Pagan Carruthers
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harry styles made me do it
Gustavo Diolindo
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que livro incômodo， real， impactante e devastadormeu deus， vou precisar de anos pra me recuperar desse baqueentrou pros favoritos da vidaharry styles， obrigado por tudo， te amobethan roberts， quero ler absolutamente TUDO que você escreveu
Tori Heywood
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the thought of harry styles reading gay smut makes me happy
Gillian
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3。75
Viola
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"He wanted to hear about thesethings， because he wanted a part of them too。"Questo triangolo d'amore e amicizia viene raccontato in maniera così limpida e sincera che anche gli avvenimenti più negativi risultano piacevoli e scorrevoli nella lettura。 Questo diventa però un punto a sfavore perchè， sembra sempre che i protagonisti descivano solo in superficie la loro storia， non permettendo così al lettore di essere coinvolto。 In sintesi: non sono stata travolta dal loro amore e dalle loro sofferen "He wanted to hear about thesethings， because he wanted a part of them too。"Questo triangolo d'amore e amicizia viene raccontato in maniera così limpida e sincera che anche gli avvenimenti più negativi risultano piacevoli e scorrevoli nella lettura。 Questo diventa però un punto a sfavore perchè， sembra sempre che i protagonisti descivano solo in superficie la loro storia， non permettendo così al lettore di essere coinvolto。 In sintesi: non sono stata travolta dal loro amore e dalle loro sofferenze come invece suggerivano molte recensioni。 I flashback tra gli anni '50 e '90 sono alternati in maniera chiara， che riesce a far comprendere il corso della storia。 D'altro canto， nella struttura mi è mancato il punto di vista di Tom che avrebbe reso più completa la descrizione della storia d'amore con Patrick。 SPOILER // La conclusione del libro mi è sembrata troppo affrettata。 Avrei preferito ci fosse stata una descrizione dei momenti in cui Tom legge la lettera a Patrick ormai in fin di vita ma sempre vigile davanti al suo amato。 。。。more
JD
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This book had a compelling plot and writing， but I didn't like the way it ended。Also， Tom is such a terrible character。 I don't know what they see in him that they couldn't leave behind， especially Marion。 Tsk。 This book had a compelling plot and writing， but I didn't like the way it ended。Also， Tom is such a terrible character。 I don't know what they see in him that they couldn't leave behind， especially Marion。 Tsk。 。。。more
Bia
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Gay nunca se dá bem no final tnc
Zee
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How can any book be so horrible yet also good？ Either way， thanks I hate this。
Rylie
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“I suspect you know about desire， about the way it grows when it’s denied， better than anyone”I would like to thank Harry Styles for introducing me to this beauty。 At no point during this was I bored or uninterested in the story。 Also， the cover， absolutely stunning。 It definitely helped being able to picture Harry as Tom and I’m so excited to see him do an incredible job in the movie。
Luke
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This was such a moving， wonderful， but heart-breaking story。 Cannot recommend enough
Lili
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Goodreads needs to get their shit together and make half stars an option
Beatriz
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I don't even know how to start。 But let's go。First: the writing is just beautiful， english is not my first language and i was just starstruck by how fast i was drawn in to this story。Second: As i read more and more， I just wanted to cry honestly， the fact that even if it's fiction it seems so real， like this book might be fiction but I'm certain that this happened to a lot of people back in the day and unfortunately even today， having to hide who you truly are and who you truly love？ That's just I don't even know how to start。 But let's go。First: the writing is just beautiful， english is not my first language and i was just starstruck by how fast i was drawn in to this story。Second: As i read more and more， I just wanted to cry honestly， the fact that even if it's fiction it seems so real， like this book might be fiction but I'm certain that this happened to a lot of people back in the day and unfortunately even today， having to hide who you truly are and who you truly love？ That's just heartbreaking for me。Third: Fuck， how much anger did this book gave me。 Having to read from the perspective of the lovers of Tom was something i had not expected， at least both of them。The narration of Marion， just destroyed me， all she wanted was to be loved by this man， but he couldn't love her the way she wanted。The narration of Patrick was so beautiful written in the most heartbreaking way， all he wanted was to live with the love of his life， a man he encountered in an oddly way， a few years i guess after the death of another man he also loved very deeply。A love they couldn't leave because of this dreadfully， judgmental society that unfortunately continues to this day。Tom was the character that made me more furious， but maybe it's because we didn't get to see his side of the story， he was only presented to us by the eyes of the other two characters。 But man， the way that only in the last days of Patrick's life did he finally get the courage to at least be by his side made me so mad。I just finished this book， crying my eyes out。I think that what made this book so outstanding to me is the realness of it all， in how in just 300 and so pages we got this all life story about this 3 characters that just wanted to love and to be loved。Patrick: " I have no choice， I know that。 I can pretend she doesn't exist and risk losing him altogether， or I can put myself through the ordeal and keep a crumb of him" - this line reminded me of the song "just a little bit of your heart" written by harry styles， the line: " I heard a little love is better than none"。 This is one of the best books i have ever read。 。。。more
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