My Policeman - Bethan Roberts | Book Review *FULL SPOILERS*
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I just finish reading and I need to listen to someone talk about it lol
Here for you sis
GIRL SAME
Same..
same !
Same! I hated the characters but love them at the same time.
Am I the only one who felt bad for Patrick more than Marion? I get the situation and norms in the 50’s. But still she did a really horrible thing and she made a lot of mistakes (although her character development was perfect) and she ruined Patrick’s life and honestly I cried for Patrick when I read it
Oh yeah I was so sad for Patrick :(
Yes! She ruined Patrick's _and_ Tom's life, I honestly hated her and thought she's a horrible human being. The book wants you to feel bad for her, and I do feel bad for women that were really in that situation in real life, but... she deliberately made someone's life miserable and didn't think for a second how it would affect her husband who she supposedly loves. Total selfish bitch.
bro Patrick ruined a marriage ,a whole relationship . Marion loves Tom so bad and she wants to be by his side even though she knows it all. Why would someone mess with a taken man/woman. He was being extremely egoistic and he clearly stated that he will do anything to “remove” Marion . Like he said “ i can deal with a wife” . He wanted her to be miserable. Thats fucking awful and im glad karma got him
@@cloudy.222marion also.knew tom was gay cause sylvie basically told him but she was so obsessed with him and was so selfish thinking she could change him no wonder even her friend ran away from her.
okay so many conflicting feelings here
1) the book was kind of hard to understand with the journal entries in the beginning, but I kinda a figured it out after the first like 20 pages
2) I was holding Harry's character (tom) to like a god complex, and then was totally disappointed in him. he was totally a jerk to Marion. I can empathize with the fact that he was terrified, but he treated her like utter crap for most of the book.
3) Marion was honestly one of the best characters in the book. She obviously did the horrible thing to Patrick, and made numerous mistakes following that, as it went on you could see her character development, which I thought was super great.
4) we totally should have had more Julie content, I loved her.
5) I feel like maybe an epilogue would have helped the story. like just tying up the ends
- things like:
where Marion goes
did Patrick and tom like reconcile, or did they just need closure?
patricks implied death?
6) Emma, Dawson, and Harry are PERFECT for the roles they got casted. It made it so much easier to read the book because their call pictured and casted perfect.
okay yeah thats it haha
I literally agree with you on everything! Was holding out so much hope for Tom, but in the end he really is the worst human in this story. And yes! An epilogue would have been so nice. I know sometimes authors like to leave things to the imagination, but with this being such a rough story it would have been nice to see if each of the characters ended up getting what little of a happy ending they could.
@@nikkisbooknook YESSS. like sometimes its nice to imagine but like you said, in a story like this it would have been nice I think
i agree with all of these points omg
Yess! You just said every single thing I was thinking, but couldn’t put into words
instablaster.
To be honest, I don't think Marion stayed with Tom to try and keep his reputation intact, I think she did it more for herself. I vaguely remember her saying that she wanted to sort of portray herself as the "forgiving" wife and help Tom feel better when SHE was the one who made him feel broken first place. I think at one point, Marion lost sight of her love for Tom, and simply wanted Patrick out of the picture so she could have him to herself, BUT when she went after Patrick is when I lost respect for her. She was too much of a coward to confront her husband (since he was the one who had actually hurt her) , because deep down she's always known that he didn't love her the same we she loved him, so instead she made it that she was the only thing he would have left to love.
By the way this is in no way me trying to defend Tom, because he was awful to Marion. I get that that was a different time, and that there was no way he and Patrick could realistically be together, but how he strung Marion along and used her as a pawn was terrible. I also don't really think that Tom has ever had any feelings for Marion, and was just trying to prove to himself that he was not actually gay, because it is very apparent that he has internalized homophobia as well as hatred for himself. Despite me not liking Marion, I appreciate the fact that you pointed out how many time Tom gaslit her and made her think that she was crazy (which was absolutely not ok) but at the end of the day Marion should have confronted TOM, instead of being selfish and sending Patrick to jail. Additionally, I don't think it was fair to ask Patrick to "share" him but I also understand that he didn't really have much else of a choice there. In all honesty out of the three main characters, I probably liked Tom the least because he never took into account others' feelings, and thought that it didn't matter what happened to anyone else as long as he could be with Patrick, and his reputation would be safe.
so you didnt lose respect for Patrick when he took her man? shut up
As I was reading the book I could literally see Harry and hear the things he says in his voice. The way his character is being described in the book matches with him perfectly. As you said, the look, the dialogues, what he does and the way he does things... it's incredible. I'm so excited for the movie and I want to give the people who casted him + DAVID AND EMMA a medal already because it fits so well.
Tom is a huge guy, how does that match with Harry at all? I was picturing a young Henry Cavill.
11:09 ...and also how far we still have to go. In some countries, homosexuality is still illegal and corrective rape is a common practice. The first country to legalize gay marriage was only in 2001. And as of 2021, only 29 out of 195 countries have made laws allowing it. Obviously any progress is good progress, but it's not like the struggle is over yet.
Yeah its true i am happy that in my country being gay is legal but still there are many homophobic people i hope everyone changes their thinking and expect ppl bciz love is love
This book had so much potential, but in the end it felt awfully rushed. All chapters were wonderful, I enjoyed how different love is when seen from Marion’s infatuation and from Patrick’s passion. I’ll I particularly loved this last one, because Tom was so beautifully depicted that you just HAD to love him!... I guess that’s why it was so disappointing when you got to see what an a** he was to his wife. But anyway, after the jail chapter, it just feels like “and well that happened and just wanted to let you know, ok bye” ugh...
I do definitely agree that the ending seemed a little rushed!
I feel disappointed that we didn't get more indepth views of Tom and Patrick but I almost feel like we only got to see the men's relationship from Marion's view besides the little bits of patricks entries but overall the book was amazing and I can tell the movies end will make me cry
Hey does the boook have sad ending
I'm shattered.i just completed it and I'm just sad
But i wish they could've just added a more at the last i want to see how tom and patrick get back and how tom feels about marion leaving the house.
And how they both feel about her journal and how marion and julia become friends again.
I just feel sad for all the three of them. I just also wanted to see from Tom's side which the book failed to show
But I'm just sure that harry will be the best playing tom
Yes I agree I would definitely be interested to see Tom's point of view in all of this! Hopefully we get a better feel for that in the movie.
@@nikkisbooknook yes I am waiting ❤️
Getting Tom's pov would have been so interesting. He's been with both Patrick and Marion, and I'd we could've gotten his perspective on how his love life is turning out would have been really great.
Yes the whole time I was really hoping to get Tom's perspective but it never came and I was disappointed a little
Emma is a rising star but DAMN TALENTED. There are some parts in the book that I really imagined Emma do. It's gonna be awesome! Plus, Harry and Emma were already friends. Imagine their chemistry.
Can't wait to see them on screen!
I keep thinking that Falling would be the perfect song to add in the movie, at least by the end or the credits
pass the tissues
I'm just gonna.. y'know cry rn , I'll be RiGhT Back
the first 70% of the book I genuinely felt pity for Marion bc it’s clear that she was being strung along in this basically fake marriage and being lied to by Tom and Patrick. to the point where I thought the reason the book was gonna be so sad was because of how she was mistreated and used but then things took a turn. When Marion wrote that letter and got Patrick arrested, all of my pity turned into rage and confusion. What was she looking to gain from that? She loves Tom so much but didn’t consider his feelings once! How did she not think how that would hurt Tom? And at this point in the story, her relationship with Tom was clearly not a possibility bc he said they had a “modern marriage” and they “had an understanding”. Hello Marion, That’s pretty clear that he is not really part of this marriage and is gay. Use some context clues girl. And She did all of that because she was jealous? Someone tell me why she did that? She put them through so much pain and suffering by throwing him in prison and then she wants them to read her confession together when Patrick is on his deathbed?? Because she feels guilty?? Maybe you should’ve thought about that before sending the letter Marion. Her confession is only going to cause more pain for both of them. Knowing that the person you trusted with your deepest secret betrayed you for literally No reason and did so hap-hazardously. What good does knowing she was the cause of their separation do for them?
Non thing. It Only causes more pain. She didn’t even gain anything from doing that either!!! Guess what Marion, Tom was still gay and now he’s depressed cuz the love of his life in locked in prison! So what was the point? What she did was so selfish and evil and naive. I feel so much betrayal for everyone in this story. Yes I realize that Tom may be a villian also but what was he supposed to do? Good thing he wasn’t upfront with Marion about what was actually happening cuz she would’ve just ratted them out earlier.
On a lighter note, I agree. Harry fits Toms role very well in my opinion. His mannerisms, the slow way he talks and is careful with his words and seems to just take in information and process it with not much verbalization, is literally Harry. I’m so excited to see him play such a complex character!
Overall, this story was told In a very interesting way and I liked how it slowly came together. Lots of emotions. Im just mostly heartbroken for everyone because nobody got their happy ending, which I guess happens in life more often than not. I’m gonna be thinking about this book for a while
not a single thought was presented in those paragraphs you wrote.
YES. It was easy for me to picture Harry as Tom as well. I feel that the character fits him very well.
Omg thank you for say all of this. I commented how Tom’s actions in the book are so toxic and brought up how he gaslight Marion. And I got hate from so many of Harry’s fans who hadn’t even read the book yet. It was a very strange experience!!
Oh lord I'm so sorry! I'm the biggest Harry fan there am the first to admit that the fandom can get a little wild. He's just playing a role! And at the end of the day his role is unfortunately a jerk :')
I actually think it will be a great role for him to play. I said obviously he isn’t like that and seems like an amazing guy in person. But the character Tom is trash... their response was that Harry wouldn’t agree to play such a horrible person. They’ve got a big storm coming!
i just finished reading it and it’s like he acts and thinks he’s a good person but he’s really not lmao
I don’t think Harry would ever treat anyone this way. I think Tom and Patrick were both selfish twits!
People have to remember that the role you play isn't who you are. It's funny because all of these fanmade stories on Wattpad can get weird. I'm a huge fan of Harry, I love the fandom, but it can get weird, we all know. Lol. I need to read this!
im absolutely baffled at some of yall saying that marion is the victim and that she had character development like what???
agreed, didnt think she had any character development at all
any other larry’s notice that irl louis would be tom, eleanor would be marion, and patrick is harry.... anygays i’ll go cry now
anygays lol. i see what you did there
i’m sorry i know it’s just a matter of opinion but marion is N O T a saint 😭. she knew something was going on the entire time, she CHOOSE to ignore it because she had a weird uncomfortable obsession with tom. he had the keys to his house i mean come on. and then she waits until it finally comes up and slaps her in the face and then she tries to act like the victim in all of it and got patrick arrested and ruined all of their lives? she’s a horrible person lmao.
came here just after finishing it just because i need to talk about it haha
it was really beautiful, but i cant help being a bit disappointed. i expected really great things (yes mostly because harry styles is in the film adaptation) and i dont think this book met those expectations.
i found every single character (apart from Julia) pretty unlikeable which makes it hard to really love and connect with this book.
First, there's the obvious one; Marion does horrible, horrible things and doesnt show any real remorse for the hurt she's caused other people, only caring when her harmful actions affected herself and her life. I understand the way this book is mostly written from her perspective that we are made to empathise with her, especially in the first half, but she refuses to change her outlook on gay people even right at the end, which is just not a good ending at all, no character development
Tom, whilst being the main focus, never got to show us his side of the story, and thats a shame because i really wanted to understand his character and his actions. whilst he's in an incredibly difficult position, being gay in the 50s, he's extremely careless with Marion's feelings. even though she's a bad person, that doesn't condone tom being bad to her. he was also horrible to Patrick when he needed him most in the 90s, and i found it really hard to believe that the man you loved and still love who is living in your home is so easily put aside. tom never really showed the love he had for patrick in the 90s when he had all the privacy he'd wanted and especially since patrick was dying. tom was cruel and kind of callous, i liked him at first but just not at all by the end.
Patrick is the only one who isnt particularly bad in my opinion, just not explored in enough depth and has some questionable motives. he really was put across as only wanting sex with tom at first, and even if thats not true, some of his phrases written in his diary just irked me. i just think there werent enough scenes where tom and patrick's love for eachother were shown because that wouldve made this whole book a lot better.
I wish Tom never proposed to her
I think Emma was the real victim in the story in some way, 'cause I mean, she did'nt know at least at the begining. She was fall in love with, obviously she is gonna marry him. Tom was really selfish.
agree agree agree
Really... you think she was the victim? The point of the book is that Tom and Patrick were the victims of institutionalized discrimination. They shouldn't have had to decide between having a life and loving someone. The way Tom treated her was wrong, but it's not his fault that being gay was literally a crime, or that he was expected to have a wife and all that. She had to have known something was off, but she chose do deny it because she was being selfish. You say it was wrong of him to hide it from her, but what's the first thing she did when she found out? His fears were legitimate and she proved that point. And I'm not saying she was the villain either. Neither of them were. I just hope you can see the issue of making the straight woman the victim in a book about homophobia.
Its because society wanted hetrosexual relationships , not him. He is just unwillingly doing something he dont wants himself . He dont want to hurt her either. Its the society which hurt all 3 of them. And he had a reason to do that . But what about straight people with sidechicks ? Why do they cheat ? They are already in relationship with person of opposite sex? You seem to get along with that easily.
I agree. She just wanted her husband. It’s easy to call her the selfish one but you can see where she’s coming from. Having to share him in every way and then the embarrassment that would have happened. Especially in that time period
Thanks for your video! I feel like I need to talk to someone after reading this book! I haven't even touched another book after reading it because I was so devastated and heartbroken. To be completely honest, I hated the characters but love them to bits at the same time. My heart goes for everyone in this book specially to Tom and Patrick who were victims of unjust institutionalized discrimination. I love their chemistry and secret rendezvous but at the same time, I felt horribly sick of what they did to Marion (I know I said I like reading their escapades but it was just sad, you know?). But the thing is, I couldn't give any more sympathy to Marion other than I hate seeing her being cheated on. She wanted that picture-perfect family with Tom and in return, she became selfish with her actions which in a way I was a bit glad that everything backfired to her. Also, I felt that she was only in love with the idea of Tom. Overall, I adore the story and I do agree with you that I can easily see Harry Styles as Tom and Emma Corrin playing Marion. I can't wait for the movie and I'm crossing my fingers that the execution will be good!
Yes! You described it perfectly. I saw many people in the comments saying that Tom is the worst person…but I don’t think he is…I felt sorry for him just like I did for Marion and Patrick. It was a really bad situation and Tom was so scared. The moment after the wedding when they did the slide thing I thought ‘Wow…he’s facing his other fear (fear of heights) just so he doesn’t have to face the other one (sleeping with Marion)‘ I think that said a lot about him…They all did some shitty things but that made them so real and so vulnerable. So no I don’t think that any of the characters was a bad person but maybe that’s just me trying to understand them on a psychological level.
I finished reading 15 mins ago, I’ve been crying angry tears. Pain and betrayal is all I feel. I came here to work through the pain with someone else. I hate you Marion Burgess.
Now I want to read the book, I'm a sucker for vintage forbidden love as cliche as it is and even though I'm part of the community but I can't help it 😅
Yesss go for it! Totally has those vibes.
I found this book utterly depressing and absolutely loathed Marion. I felt no sympathy for her at all, even though it wasn't a nice situation for her and I feel bad for people this has happened to in real life. But she was just a cruel, small-minded and selfish person who deliberately ruined someone's life and broke her husband in the process as well. And her pov took up most of the book, she was such a boring protagonist as well. It was a true struggle to get through this book, I was only reading to have it over with by the end.
I spotted a Harry Styles pic on your shelf 😀😝
I have conflicting feelings about what's happened all throughout the book but for the greater part, I know that I hate Tom. I also know that I pity Marion and Patrick but at the same time, I also hate them for putting on that show/love triangle for so long. It's so sad yet so triggering to the readers' hearts.. I was speechless after I read the book. I didn't know what to feel. I need to hear someone talk about it😟😆
This book was loosely based on EM Foster and policeman Bob Buckingham. It was originally going to be billed that way, but for some reason all references were removed. There are a few differences in how Buckingham’s wife May handled the situation. In this story Tom was using Marion to help promote himself on the force and have a beard. I did not feel the love between Tom and Patrick at all. I felt Tom used Patrick because he wanted sex and to be exposed to money, art and culture. (After Patrick he just had “anonymous sex”) and Patrick was centered on how unspoiled and physically attractive Tom was. Neither seemed to really care about each other. When Patrick went away all Tom could cry about was “what about me?”. And Patrick didn’t care about Marion. He was clear that he didn’t care whether Tom had a wife or girlfriend as long as he didn’t have a “lover”. Very selfish people. I thought this book was going to make me feel sad for the fact they had to hide their love, but the only love I felt was self centered in both parts. Tom should have just gone into a different profession and his lifestyle would have been much easier to pull off. He deserved what he got for what he did to Marion. I would have liked to have seen her leave him after Italy and go off with Julia. She sacrificed way too much for someone who did not deserve her.
it was weird to me though how in the court case they claimed that the Coleman guy that Patrick met early on was like the victim although the judge literally read Patrick's journal with him clearly referring to Tom as his policeman. I loved the book though and I enjoyed your video on this
I LOVE this review. I just finished the book today and had all the exact same thoughts as you. Thank you so much for sharing them. I imagined Harry playing the role the whole time as well. It just fits him.
Totally!
i have just finished reading it and i think that tom loved marion but was in love with patrick
I haven't got the book 😭. I'm gonna tell my mom to buy it for me so I can read it lol. Can't wAit for the movie
Yes, read the book!
Hi. I also have a book review "You can do this!" ❤️ I hope you could watch it. xx
I want to share a little theory I have on this book. It might not be true at all, but I love having my own interpretations on books and their endings. Sooo here it goes. I think Julia had feelings for Marion all along, but Marion never noticed or even knew she was a lesbian. I think Marion wants to visit Julia at the end to, not only hear her story, but maybe also live her own romance. Marion might be bisexual and finally have her own love life with Julia at the end. A love life she has always wanted, but never got. Now that she has finally left Tom, she can start her own life and do all the things she never got to do. Their friendship was beautiful and pure, and Julia was the type of person Marion always looked up to and wanted to be like. This actually is a common misunderstanding amongst lesbians: the struggle of not knowing if you want to BE them or be WITH them. I don't know. Just something I randomly thought about while reading the book. Probably not true at all, but it would be rather interesting.
The book destroyed me, they change the characters in the film, they make tom more "heterosexual" when in the book he is clearly homosexual even his family members know, in the film they tried to.make it look more like a love triangle when it was clear that tom and patrick were in love with eo and he never had romantic feeling for marion, patrick its more manipulative and marion is not innocent like in the film cause she already knew but was so obsessed with tom kinda creepy i wish the book wpuld tell us more from patrick point of view we know nothimg about him for 40 years what did he do?
Marion was the most delulu person she tought with Patrick out of the game Tom would love her but instead she got a sexless life, living bittet like roomates lmao im glad she deserved it, if Patrick were still around probably they would even have had kids, Patrick was the one holding that fake marriage, Tom seeing him was the only thing making him deal with it ince he was gone everything collapsed in his world he didnt give a shit about nothing else and its funny cause didnt even know it was marions fault and still treated her like shit now imagine if he knew! And marion was never a victim he knew how tom was sulvie tild him but he was so delulu and obsessed with him thinking he could change him lol and she didnt stay with him to protect his reputation she did it for herself she wanted him only for herself. All three characters were selfish af but i loved Patrick i wish we had more of him in the book.
one of the saddest book i've ever read. tbh i've been team marion the whole time, b/c patrick seems mean and hypocritical to me (his comments about marion in his diary makes me uncomfortable.. it's my personal feeling tho). i feel so bad for marion, she is the most relatable character in the book to me
cant believe people have this opinion!! its really interesting to me. you dont sort of hate her for ruining patricks life and therefore toms life??
@@bethb8653 omg a comment from a year ago?? lmao. i can't remember the details very well but i guess it was my personal bias as a straight woman, as i can imagine myself doing the same thing. and i felt judged by patrick's comments. anyway this is a fabulous book for sure and i appreciate any other opinions about it!!
I honestly liked Marion in the beginning but as the book went on I now hate Marion😭 It's all her fault Patrick and Tom didn't end up together😩
do you think the movie will be rated R? cause I would honestly love to see this at the movies
no like pg-13
I agree, probably PG-13! And as far as I know the movie will be released on Amazon Prime, so you should be fine either way!
but what's the book ending?
@Audie Hankins ive been puzzled does she leave or just letting the two of them to take their times?
I don't think ive ever cried harder for a book. This book was absolutely heartbreaking and I'm so exited to see the film
I just have a question, can someone tell me what happened between Tom and Patrick after he was released from prison? Like did they not see each other at all for those 40 years?
Nope! Tom totally cut off all contact from Patrick the second he was arrested.
@@nikkisbooknook WHATTT?!?! Aight I'll be crying for the next couple weeks bye
Marion didn’t deserve that
Beautiful review 🙌🏻
como assim não tem um final feliz??😭😭😭
A bit late but I don't hate nor love any of the characters. We are seeing the story from Marionand Patrick's sides. She has been in love since she was 12, her view is skewed. We can see this on how different her views of the firatvmeeting with Patrick has gone compared to his. Same with Patrick's point of view. So, yes, Toma wanted the cake and to eat it it too, but he had 2 people that were telling him it could happen, when in reality both wanted the idealised version of him.
WOW , Thank u so much , A question does the Book have sexuel contents ?
There is definitely some sexual content, but most is left to the imagination once things get going if you know what I mean! Definitely not 50 shades level or anything like that.
Its not even close to explicit most of the times its just the suggestion of the act
I'm literally crying
Good. Thx
AHHHH i just got it and i’m so excited to read it
Yay!!
I didn't get it why Marion was sorry to Julia
The night Marion and Julia walk together after saying goodbye to Sylvie , I didn't get the conversation between Marion and Julia
Julia said "do you really not know?" That part
I literally didn't understand it someone please help me. I thought I would read more to find out but I just finished and still don't get it
Julia implied that she's queer as well, and marion wasbeing homophobic second before
Is it?!🤨😂
I’ve been subscribed on your channel since almost more than a year and im finally watching this video because i finished the book some days agoooo 💗
Awe wow! Thanks so much for sticking around 💗
Thank you ❤️
of course! Thank you for watching
Tom was a jerk that's for sure.
I just listened to it. I really liked it!
I'm getting this book for my birthday and I'm scared as fuck 😩
definitely take the time to emotionally prepare yourself :')
where do i buy it??! i’ve been trying to find it and i can’t
I got it on Amazon right when they first speculated he was going to be in the movie and even then it was really hard to find! So I’m not sure where you can get it now :/