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strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This is quite possibly the strangest book I’ve ever read and that’s saying something. I liked some aspects of it, but ultimately it was far too sexual for my liking. I realize now it is an adult romance but going into the story I was not aware. Make sure you know the genre of your reads please.
It didn’t become interesting until phase 2 and then it didn’t really have a plot until phase 3. The ending was a good one, but Fizel should’ve been dealt with. There were so many symbols that I often lost what was actually supposed to be the focus, which is Leigh-Cheri and Bernard.
It didn’t become interesting until phase 2 and then it didn’t really have a plot until phase 3. The ending was a good one, but Fizel should’ve been dealt with. There were so many symbols that I often lost what was actually supposed to be the focus, which is Leigh-Cheri and Bernard.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Cursing, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Murder, Excrement, and Gun violence
Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Abandonment
jedore's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
"We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves."
Wow, what a ride! This book was recommended to me by a fellow member of an online book group in response to my request for a book to restore my faith in humanity.
This was my first Tom Robbins book...and there will definitely be more.
After the first several chapters, I was concerned it was going to be one of those books that serves as a platform for the author to profess her/his intellectual superiority. (These go straight to my DNF pile these days.) I was just starting to wonder if I was smart enough when something clicked.
The conversations between characters—or inside their own heads—totally won me over and I started crushing on Tom Robbins writing style.
It's not my usual style at all. I'm not usually a fan of Quirky (with a capital Q)—and definitely not of interludes where the author stops telling the story and talks directly to me (in this case, ranting about a typewriter).
But, the talks and thoughts about how to make love last, the difference between a criminal and an outlaw, the fascinating theories about good and evil and discrimination, and Tom's theory on tunnel vision were downright brilliant.
It was a blast to get out of my literary box with this fun book! And, it brings me comfort knowing that people like Tom exist.
Wow, what a ride! This book was recommended to me by a fellow member of an online book group in response to my request for a book to restore my faith in humanity.
This was my first Tom Robbins book...and there will definitely be more.
After the first several chapters, I was concerned it was going to be one of those books that serves as a platform for the author to profess her/his intellectual superiority. (These go straight to my DNF pile these days.) I was just starting to wonder if I was smart enough when something clicked.
The conversations between characters—or inside their own heads—totally won me over and I started crushing on Tom Robbins writing style.
It's not my usual style at all. I'm not usually a fan of Quirky (with a capital Q)—and definitely not of interludes where the author stops telling the story and talks directly to me (in this case, ranting about a typewriter).
But, the talks and thoughts about how to make love last, the difference between a criminal and an outlaw, the fascinating theories about good and evil and discrimination, and Tom's theory on tunnel vision were downright brilliant.
It was a blast to get out of my literary box with this fun book! And, it brings me comfort knowing that people like Tom exist.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mass/school shootings and Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Classism, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Animal death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Misogyny
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