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bubbletelescope's review against another edition
5.0
A coming of age book for a girl in 1969. Her and her friend move to NYC and learn about a free lifestyle. Read this book to see Witch’s personal growth and realizing aging isn’t so bad.
wifescullys's review
3.25
Crazy of James Leo Herlihy to say this is his work he most wanted adapted as a movie and thoughtd itd be like really famous sell to sold out theaters like what was going on in his head man.. interesting to examine this compared to his and Anaïs Nin’s relationship. Interesting ideas especially of young ppl being so reactionary and that part of them fading out as time goes on and what do u need to hold onto to stay urself but needed to be more fleshed out.
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Moderate: Incest
snowmaiden's review against another edition
5.0
After reading [b:Midnight Cowboy|439840|Midnight Cowboy|James Leo Herlihy|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1349064018s/439840.jpg|750897] and wondering what else the author had written, I came across this little gem in my library's storage facility. It is definitely a novel of its time, documenting the flower power era of the late 60's from the point of view of a teenage runaway. And yet there is also something about it that is timeless. It reads like the kind of really deep, really insightful young adult novel that doesn't get written so much anymore. (I don't recommend giving it to an actual teenage girl of 2014, however, unless you are willing to explain a lot!) I don't have any idea how Herlihy got so deeply inside the head of a teenage girl, but I identified with the main character completely. It's too bad that this book has been overshadowed by Herlihy's earlier more famous work, since I feel this is a much more successful novel in many ways.
satyridae's review
4.0
I loved this book so much when I was a misunderstood adolescent. I read more than one copy to tatters.
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