The study is deeply researched, engagingly written and full of fascinating insight. Particularly significant, both for his analysis and for future work, is his decision not to marginalize queer relationships by examining them separately, but rather to explore all forms of dating and intimacy as part of the broad field of urban experience ... The book can be productively read alongside other recent books on intimacy and urban space in Berlin and will fit very well in
graduate or undergraduate courses on Berlin, urban history or the history of emotions.
Tyler Carrington is Associate Professor of German Studies and History at Cornell College.