Not reading a very happy book right now, unfortunately, but I'm reading a Swedish book series with the English title Don't ever wipe tears without gloves written by Jonas Gardell. It's about how AIDS impacted the gay scene in Stockholm. The characters are fictional but you know that what it's based on isn't, AIDS had a devastating impact in Sweden's gay community just as it did in so many other places. I'm on the last part, and it's been very hard to read, I've cried a lot while reading them. There's a TV show based on the books that I haven't seen yet, I imagine it's a difficult watch.
I feel like it's an important part of our history to know at least some things about. I want to learn more about LGBTQ+ history in my country, I feel like I know more about US than Swedish queer history since I'm mostly in English speaking spaces online. And this book series might be fiction but it's one of the most well known series in Sweden that talks about AIDS.
There's a TV show based on the books that I haven't seen yet, I imagine it's a difficult watch.
I saw the miniseries two years ago and while it was heartbreaking to watch, it was also heartwarming and wonderful. I laughed and cried, sometimes at the same time. The book series has been on my list ever since but I haven't gotten to it yet.
From what you've written about the TV series it seems like it was adapted pretty well, the books definitely makes you both laugh and cry at times as well.
The biggest difference (I think? Again, as i havent watched it yet and only have what you've wrtten to go by) the TV series mostly focuses on Rasmus and Benjamin, the books also talk quite a bit about the friend group they make through Paul, but I imagine they had to pick a main focus when adapting it.
Oh, no, the found family and the tight-knit friend group is there, and the ending (where I laughed and cried at the same time) was very much about them.
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I saw the miniseries two years ago and while it was heartbreaking to watch, it was also heartwarming and wonderful. I laughed and cried, sometimes at the same time. The book series has been on my list ever since but I haven't gotten to it yet.
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The biggest difference (I think? Again, as i havent watched it yet and only have what you've wrtten to go by) the TV series mostly focuses on Rasmus and Benjamin, the books also talk quite a bit about the friend group they make through Paul, but I imagine they had to pick a main focus when adapting it.
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