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grindrgrrl's review against another edition
4.0
Darkly humorous and intoxicating, Jeanne crafts these dizzying passages that leave you breathless and wanting to desperately reread passages so as to capture the magic of how she's done it.
I knew this book and I would get along quite well when I read the phrase, "She talked like a surfer, one whose mind had been so blown out by the waves that she could only whisper like beach sand moving over itself."
I knew this book and I would get along quite well when I read the phrase, "She talked like a surfer, one whose mind had been so blown out by the waves that she could only whisper like beach sand moving over itself."
caedocyon's review against another edition
3.0
It's hard to rate things that may or may not be well done but don't really appeal to/work for you. I did finish most of the short stories, but not the title work. A personal 2-star (it was ok!) but plus one for general literary merit. The one with the ex-boyfriend who lives in the walls was a surprise favorite, the tomato one or the Devil/God second. Re: the Devil, I have had that exact same thought about reincarnation, but Thornton definitely took it in a different direction than I would ever have thought. Unusual viewpoints and unreliable narrators are always pluses in my book.
thegayngelgabriel's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent weird clever unswerving in its devotion to taking every story to its furthest and strangest point. I want to reread it soon. I want to read large sections of it aloud to friends and strangers.
caseythecanadianlesbrarian's review against another edition
5.0
Finished this book in the bath last night! Delightfully weird, dark but not cynical, sexy, and very queer. Thornton's writing is often strikingly perceptive and beautiful. Stories include the titular one, about a queer artsy high school girl whose comics become haunted by a cult comics artist her ex-girlfriend loves, a girl who falls in love with a life size anatomical skeleton, a woman who runs a very unique hotel, and more. I loved this! Can't wait to read her next book, coming out in 2021.
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