He had been adopted as a baby from an abusive household and was aware of this from a very young age. One of the most striking scenes is when the narrator recalls his first day in preschool. Some chapters consist of snippets of conversations, both in person and online. The book begins with Daniel leaving the narrator and the rest of the book recounts the last days of their time together. The book is told in a non-linear faction, often times ending a chapter in the middle of a scene and picking up again. Rather than seeking connection, he’s more trying to learn to cope with and love being alone. In Alone, the narrator is overburdened by his emotions and his sense of loneliness. In that book, the narrator was practically anhedonic and a major part of the book was him scrapping just to feel something and have even the vaguest connection to another person. I couldn’t help but compare it to Moore’s prior novel, In Their Arms. “I’ve seen enough people leave to know when they’re not coming back.”Īlone is one of the most affecting and emotionally heavy book that I’ve read in recent memory. While trying to cope with the end of the relationship, the narrator reflects on his childhood, contemplates the nature of loneliness, reflects on how the internet and hookup apps have changed modern courtship, and feels nostalgia for the days of public cruising. Alone follows the unnamed narrator and his boyfriend Daniel as their relationship disintegrates.
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