Reviews for The Crystal Curtain

The average rating for The Crystal Curtain based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-27 00:00:00 Joseph Dicresce this book is FAIL. well, let me clarify: this part is GREAT: "Mom says Daddy and Frank are gay./At first I didn't know what that meant. So she explained it./Being gay is just one more kind of love./ And love is the best kind of happiness." Lovely, appropriate, true. but the illustrations are wack for a kid's book. Daddy's roommate has a package!? You gotta be kidding me. In one panel, "We go to the beach", Daddy's too busy making googly eyes at Frank while Frank rubs sunscreen on Daddy's back to even notice the little kid has wandered off and is talking to strangers. Daddy's Roommate Redux, with updated illustrations, would rock. I'm sure he and the publishers meant well, but according to the book, the writer/illustrator wrote cartoons for gay grownups and something called "And Now For My Next Trick..." before taking on a kid's book. It was brave to write this in 1990, but even I wouldn't keep this in my collection.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-04-04 00:00:00 Amber Bippert The storyline of this book is great and perfect for young children. There's about one simple sentence per page and the concept of a gay couple is presented perfectly for the age group. The child spends time with his dad and his "roommate." He explains that his dad and his roommate do everything together. They hang out with him. They cook together. And they sleep in the same bed together. Mom later explains that dad is gay. The son asks what that means and she simply says, it means they are two men that love each other. That love can be expressed in different ways. Now on to the illustrations. Oh...god... Basically, you want to read this to your 3 year old? Go for it...they won't notice. But here's the deal, we can assume the child's dad divorced the mom when he finally came out of the closet. He's fairly normal looking and obviously related to his child. His "roommate"? Think middle aged Freddy Mercury on a really gay beach vacation. Stereotyped (albeit hilarious ones) out the ass. And speaking of beach vacation, the illustration for the two dads hanging out at the beach with their son is just TOO unnecessary as they lotion each others backs. And as someone else mentioned, the Freddy Mercury wannabe has a sizable package...