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meghan_is_reading's review against another edition
at some point most books about drugs(or lesbians on drugs) sound the same
mefrost's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
jeangenetramsay's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful prose--I love the meandering yet painstakingly detailed metaphors that spiral on for paragraphs, streams of consciousness organized into revelatory observation. And the depiction of obsessive-compulsive dyke desire hits so close to home it almost hurts to read.
booksnbrains's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Just not my thing. When a single paragraph contains 10 different metaphors, I pretty much check out. I get the literary appeal, but it doesn't work for me
lindick's review against another edition
3.0
Hmmm I thought I would love this book more than anything and I....liked it? Or, more accurately, in rare moments I really loved it and found it the most relatable ever (like the bit about her doing laundry in a fit of 'this will be just the start of a clean new life': she brings the clean laundry back from the laundromat and throws it on her bed and maybe 2 days later puts it into piles and even though her dresser drawers are only 2 feet away, they stay there and they sort of slough off the bed onto the floor some of them and some get cat hair on them and eventually it's weeks later and all of her washed clothes have merged with the b-list 'didn't rate washing with the first group' dirty clothes so they're all basically dirty again and what was supposed to be so uplifting and "pull myself up from the muck of paralysis to cleanse and renew myself at the Lourdes of the Laundromat" just "managed to add yet more poundage to the anvil of demoralization dragging me further each day into a primal bubbling stew of self-disgust"). But then so much of it was just a gross upsetting haze of heroin addiction and general debauchery which I found weirdly hard to get through. I feel like normally drug addiction books are super upsetting and hard to read but at the same time you get that watching-a-car-crash feeling of needing to find out what terrible thing happens next, but the stream-of-consciousness-non-linear style made it just a little bit...boring?
bghillman's review against another edition
5.0
Indescribably brilliant. Zipper Mouth may be the best written book I've ever read. Plotwise it was left something to desire but that's not the point of it, I don't think.
wutskaylareadin's review against another edition
5.0
Nothing happened in this book, yet it was still both dizzying and thrilling to read. I love a fucked up woman.
syddles's review
5.0
I loved it! Laurie Weeks' writing drew me right in to the twisted rationality of the addicted mind. The main character is brilliant and clever and passionate and hopelessly addicted to every substance available and every girl she meets, even the straight ones. The character's apartment and her job and her social life come to light with hilarious clarity, illuminating the beautiful tragedies of urban life.