83 reviews for:

Sarah

J.T. LeRoy

3.26 AVERAGE

yeehawmcgee's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bootyyyshaker9000's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ms_ellaneous's review

2.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sjentellll's review

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Extremely disturbing novel. Have to make my mind up yet but.. I FINISHED MY 2016 READING CHALLENGE WITH THIS MONSTER <3

bookishblond's review against another edition

1.0

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Scandal aside, it seems like this book's only point is to attempt to shock the reader

wwwilma's review

3.0

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Är svag för tillståndsskildringar med mycket atmosfär osv osv men det är svårt att förneka att själva berättelsen om Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy är ballare än dennes debut ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ får läsa ’Hjärtat är bedrägligast av allt’ och se hur den är också för JT LeRoy är inte en författare jag vill släppa!!!iconic

barb03's review against another edition

3.0

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I don't even know what to say about what I've just read.

proseandpurrs's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

oregon_small_fry's review against another edition

4.0

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I heard about this book when The Moth Radio Hour had the author tell a story. Apparently, her writing this book is surrounding in controversy- I never really did understand why.

This book is disturbing on the same level as "Geek Love" to me.

bigbookgeek's review against another edition

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The J.T. LeRoy "controversy" is a story that just fascinates me. I love it! Soap Operas have nothing on this shit! That being said, I had never actually read this or any other LeRoy books. Glad I took the time to read through this now, though. This was a twisted, perverse, goofy tale that honestly made me think of a perverse, modern re-imagining of Oliver Twist. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, and found it hard to put down. As the story progresses, the surrealism increases, but you have an underlying sense of raw emotion from our main character, Sarah/She-Rah/Saint Sarah/Sam, a need to be loved and gain approval of her mother. Our heroine is also very ambitious. She knows what she wants, and is quite willing to do whatever it takes to get to that point (to be the best Lot Lizard she can be)!

Warning: must leave pre-concieved moral perceptions at the door!