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ferrisscottr's review
4.0
Zany - check
Qwirky - check
Eclectic - check
Set in either New Jersey or Chicago - check
Artists - check
Poets - check
References to smoking, drinking, drugs & sex all without talking down to kids or lecturing kids (this book is not about any of those things, they are just part of the story) - check
Lack of plot - check
Funny as hell - check
Written by the greatest writer ever (not the greatest author, the greatest writer) - check
Very very good book - it would be a masterpiece if it was written by anyone else but to be honest this did not measure up to the "greats" of Pinkwater like Borgel, Snarkout Boys, The Last Guru etc.
Still highly recommended
Qwirky - check
Eclectic - check
Set in either New Jersey or Chicago - check
Artists - check
Poets - check
References to smoking, drinking, drugs & sex all without talking down to kids or lecturing kids (this book is not about any of those things, they are just part of the story) - check
Lack of plot - check
Funny as hell - check
Written by the greatest writer ever (not the greatest author, the greatest writer) - check
Very very good book - it would be a masterpiece if it was written by anyone else but to be honest this did not measure up to the "greats" of Pinkwater like Borgel, Snarkout Boys, The Last Guru etc.
Still highly recommended
voya_k's review
5.0
Daniel Pinkwater taught me how to be excellent at a young age with the Snarkout Boys books. Bushman Lives! will do that for a new generation. It also provides you with some excellent slogans to write on the walls if you are looking for more cool people like yourself.
msjenne's review
4.0
I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Publisher: O Mr Pinkwater we are ever so looking forward to your new novel suitable for juvenile children with animals in it
Pinkwater: SIR I SHALL WRITE THE BOOK THAT I PLEASE AND THERE SHALL BE ANIMALS IN IT AND ARTISTS AND JAMES JOYCE QUOTATIONALS ALSO BEER AND TITS AND YOU MAY PUT IT IN WHATEVERLY SECTION OF THE LIBRARY YOU SO DESIRE. AIN'T GIVE A DAMN.
Publisher: O Mr Pinkwater we are ever so looking forward to your new novel suitable for juvenile children with animals in it
Pinkwater: SIR I SHALL WRITE THE BOOK THAT I PLEASE AND THERE SHALL BE ANIMALS IN IT AND ARTISTS AND JAMES JOYCE QUOTATIONALS ALSO BEER AND TITS AND YOU MAY PUT IT IN WHATEVERLY SECTION OF THE LIBRARY YOU SO DESIRE. AIN'T GIVE A DAMN.
bryceoc's review
3.0
Quirky. Quiet. Quaint.
It feels like Wes Anderson a bit, not as good, but sharing a similar feel. It's charmingly weird, but it seems more focused on being odd than actually telling a story or doing anything all that interesting.
[sort-of spoiler] Despite the information on it in the beginning, the title's namesake ends up as just an odd running joke, and absolutely nothing happens with that little detail. It gets more annoying when a new detail about Bushman's location is introduced, and then the most that comes from that is the vague implication of the boat traveling there at the end. [End of sort-of spoiler]
It's got the character types and humor down, it just needs an actual story.
It feels like Wes Anderson a bit, not as good, but sharing a similar feel. It's charmingly weird, but it seems more focused on being odd than actually telling a story or doing anything all that interesting.
[sort-of spoiler] Despite the information on it in the beginning, the title's namesake ends up as just an odd running joke, and absolutely nothing happens with that little detail. It gets more annoying when a new detail about Bushman's location is introduced, and then the most that comes from that is the vague implication of the boat traveling there at the end. [End of sort-of spoiler]
It's got the character types and humor down, it just needs an actual story.
jenne's review
4.0
I imagine the conversation went something like this:
Publisher: O Mr Pinkwater we are ever so looking forward to your new novel suitable for juvenile children with animals in it
Pinkwater: SIR I SHALL WRITE THE BOOK THAT I PLEASE AND THERE SHALL BE ANIMALS IN IT AND ARTISTS AND JAMES JOYCE QUOTATIONALS ALSO BEER AND TITS AND YOU MAY PUT IT IN WHATEVERLY SECTION OF THE LIBRARY YOU SO DESIRE. AIN'T GIVE A DAMN.
Publisher: O Mr Pinkwater we are ever so looking forward to your new novel suitable for juvenile children with animals in it
Pinkwater: SIR I SHALL WRITE THE BOOK THAT I PLEASE AND THERE SHALL BE ANIMALS IN IT AND ARTISTS AND JAMES JOYCE QUOTATIONALS ALSO BEER AND TITS AND YOU MAY PUT IT IN WHATEVERLY SECTION OF THE LIBRARY YOU SO DESIRE. AIN'T GIVE A DAMN.
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