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marijka's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
cristalyne's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars: A sort of comedic take on an escaped mental institute patient with some very odd characters and circumstances. It’s clever and started out strong, but meandered until slamming into a too tidy ending. Its like the author got to a point where he was like, fuck it, I don’t know where this is going or who I want to make the murderer so I’ll just end here with happily ever after and all that, but with a little twist. I still like the writing style, but I would recommend his Love and Terror memoir over this.
richardwells's review against another edition
4.0
Imagine you're a cartoon character in a cartoon world. Everything would be the same, only different. You, and your world would be slightly tilted. For instance, your dog wouldn't be able to drive a car, or handicap a horserace, but you would have telepathic conversations. Tilted. And a little more colorful - technicolor. This book, in its wholly believable tilt, filled with memorable and sympathetic characters, fabulous (in the most interesting meaning of the word) settings and situations is a total delight. Poe Ballantine gives us a world a-tilt, complete with telepathic dog, that occasionally had me leaning against a wall to regain my balance, but never shook me out of the dream he creates, and for that, high praise.
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