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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
‘Geek Love’ is the byproduct of our inability to escape essentialist notions about the body and its pre-destined future. ‘Freak’ and ‘norm’ bodies serve as categories which impose value systems on the body, including monetary, patriarchal and aesthetic. Miranda’s ‘tail/tale’ is a frame narrative concerned with the reconciliation of the physical body and its ‘history’ and her body itself is a product of these value systems that exploit bodies.
Aka how I got an A1 on my presentation apparently?!!??? WOOOOO!!!!
This book was WILD.
Aka how I got an A1 on my presentation apparently?!!??? WOOOOO!!!!
This book was WILD.
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dunn's writing is so creatively grotesque and unlike anything I've ever read. Uniquely freaky and deeply human.
Christina Moore narrates the audiobook and she is SO seriously talented at bringing everyone to life.
Christina Moore narrates the audiobook and she is SO seriously talented at bringing everyone to life.
It was kind of a pointless read with a terrible, phoned-in ending which made for a nihilistic, meandering waste of time. The prose were quite good and I enjoyed some of the Miranda parts but the surrealism that makes up the bulk of the book was lackluster. 2.5 rounded up to 3 because of the writing style.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
This book has been on my “to-read” for a pretty long time, so I was happy to finally get around to it.
Definitely more grotesque and sexual than I ever expected. Though I thought the voice and overall writing was pretty good, interesting, different, I did lose interest here and there in the going’s-on and plot. Things happening just seemed to happen, which isn’t too hard of a knock for me, but still.
Genuinely don’t know if this a book I can ever recommend to someone like, casually. Or ever.
I felt terrible for Chick. He should have been getting tickets at Chuck E Cheese.
Definitely more grotesque and sexual than I ever expected. Though I thought the voice and overall writing was pretty good, interesting, different, I did lose interest here and there in the going’s-on and plot. Things happening just seemed to happen, which isn’t too hard of a knock for me, but still.
Genuinely don’t know if this a book I can ever recommend to someone like, casually. Or ever.
I felt terrible for Chick. He should have been getting tickets at Chuck E Cheese.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence
Minor: Pregnancy
I don't remember who recommended this book, but I am glad I picked it up. The story is kinda strange, but wound up being something I just couldn't put down. At times I felt so immersed in the book that I could really imaging being in the setting, around the characters, but ultimately I was a little let down with the conclusion of the book. After feeling so steeped in the novel, I felt the ending was a bit rushed into.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this was a reread always and forever a classic. elly and iphy i would’ve done cocaine with you and kept you alive forever