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geriatricgretch's review against another edition
4.0
This one is too hard to rate, honestly. It was the first Block book I read - I bought it from a bookstore in Roanoke, VA on a family trip in middle school and it was the first YA book I remember reading that felt like something I wanted to write (or that I could write). Anyway, I'm too close to the source material, ha.
holly_117's review against another edition
4.0
This book has nine stories about teens dealing with sometimes tough subjects. It's very well written and deals with the topics in a sensitive way. My favorite was "Dragons in Manhattan" which deals with a girl's search for her father.
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Turns out, her dad was there all along - she's being raised by two moms, Izzy and Anastasia, but Izzy was born Irving. He had gender reassignment surgery shortly before Tuck (the daughter) was born.cozycreativewitch's review against another edition
5.0
re-read: march 31-april 1, 2010
Of all of the times I've read this little book over the past 14 years, what struck me the very most this time was how my deep love of Francesca Lia Block's prose has affected my own style. Which may be more of a compliment than I deserve. Whatever the case, she is a goddess and I adore this book as much as I did when I first picked it up 14 years ago.
Of all of the times I've read this little book over the past 14 years, what struck me the very most this time was how my deep love of Francesca Lia Block's prose has affected my own style. Which may be more of a compliment than I deserve. Whatever the case, she is a goddess and I adore this book as much as I did when I first picked it up 14 years ago.
dreamofbookspines's review against another edition
3.0
Reread review:
I discovered Block when I was in my early teens, like most of her other fans I suspect. I'm not generally a short story person, but in rereading I'm really enjoying them. I'm in my early 30s, so definitely not her target audience, but still like her writing a lot. In particular, the story Dragons in Manhattan, probably because it reminds me of a good friend of mine (she loves the story).
I discovered Block when I was in my early teens, like most of her other fans I suspect. I'm not generally a short story person, but in rereading I'm really enjoying them. I'm in my early 30s, so definitely not her target audience, but still like her writing a lot. In particular, the story Dragons in Manhattan, probably because it reminds me of a good friend of mine (she loves the story).
witchypen's review against another edition
5.0
This was the first book I ever hid from my parents. It made me feel high when I read it at 10 years old. It was my first taste of lyrical prose, magical realism, homosexuality, drugs, grief, and punk girls in combat boots. I can thank this book for who I am today.
kaqueershi's review against another edition
4.0
this book caught me really off guard. whatever I was expecting, it wasn't that. with the exception of maybe one or two stories, each was lovely and distinct in its own way
lolaleviathan's review against another edition
4.0
After being a formative part of the online FLB cult in early high school, I became hardcore disillusioned with her when I realized the many ways in which her work is problematic and fluffy. I maintain, though, that GG9 contains her best writing. There are some really powerful stories here. I can always rely on "Blue," "Pony and Pixie" and "Winnie and Cubby" to send my tear ducts into overdrive. And I named my first zine after the book the girls love in the title story. These stories are about love and desire and gender and loss and finding beauty in a bleak, fucked-up world.
taratearex's review against another edition
5.0
i must say that when i read this, in like 8th or 9th grade i thought it was the most amazing thing ever, same as i was a teenage fairie