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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Walked in blind to this book and this author. Was left with a great WTF feeling. I enjoyed this very much.
My first full taste of Mr Crews writing, and I'm hooked. The book is a darkly comic and racy exploration of aging and end of life issues. Set in the Florida retirement trailer park of Forever and Forever, run by a veteran of the Korean war, Stump, whose life was not great but predictable until a young, highly sexual girl called Too Much enters his life. What follows is hilarious, filthy but a thorough exploration of the dignity of of the end of life and how society treats the elderly. Great read.
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
what a wacky book. it oozes grotesque, which is perfect considering it's set in a retirement trailer park in florida. i've never read a book like this before, rudely heavy on the allegorical, and perhaps that's why it left me thinking quite a bit. not so much about the freaky sex as much as deeper philosophical issues, like whether actions are good or bad - premeditated meddling and such. it's definitely not for everyone, but i think i liked it.
Everything is going fine for Stump, he owns a retirement community & doesn't know anything about the residents - and doesn't want to know anything. Trouble comes in the form of a young beauty named Too Much, and thanks to her, he starts to feel good about his missing hand (hence the nickname) and his life. It's all downhill from there...
Sorry it took me so long to read a Crews, he passed away in April 2012. The characters reminded me of the types that usually inhabit a David Lynch film. There's Johnson, who takes daily shots at the swamp in the hopes of one day killing it, his hated wife Mabel, a Chinese carpenter Honorable Mr. Doo, a handyman named Justice (who changes his name to Kid Lightning), and a large group of retirees called The Old Ones that parade around mindlessly doing Too Much's bidding. It starts out strange & gets weirder.
I do like fiction that plays around with the Cult of Personality, and this one sure fits in that genre. R.I.P Mr. Crews.
Sorry it took me so long to read a Crews, he passed away in April 2012. The characters reminded me of the types that usually inhabit a David Lynch film. There's Johnson, who takes daily shots at the swamp in the hopes of one day killing it, his hated wife Mabel, a Chinese carpenter Honorable Mr. Doo, a handyman named Justice (who changes his name to Kid Lightning), and a large group of retirees called The Old Ones that parade around mindlessly doing Too Much's bidding. It starts out strange & gets weirder.
I do like fiction that plays around with the Cult of Personality, and this one sure fits in that genre. R.I.P Mr. Crews.
