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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I wanted to like this one more than I actually did. And I liked a lot about it. But ultimately it just didn't hold together for me.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It feels a little disingenuous to give a 5 rating with caveats, but that's the only way I can actually acknowledge what a ride this book was. Another reader criticizes the writing in places, and this is justified criticism as I see it, but the overall inventiveness of the story is so crazy, confident and extraordinary that I couldn't put it down.
It's rare I take time to re-read a beloved novel again, but I'm glad I made time for 'Geek Love' and Oly Binewski's memoir of her family of carnival freaks.
I received this book in a FB book exchange where you send a person you don't know your favorite book. While I'm giving this book 2 stars, it is not necessarily because of the writing, but I did struggle to stay interested until the end, mostly because it was so bizarre and completely unlike anything I have ever read. I'm happy I received the book, and I'm happy I read it. I'm sure like many things in my life, I'll end up really liking it some day, but right now, I'm sitting in a fog of (using Miss Lick's words) "What the fuck?"
I still think it bizarre, and I'm sure I have to think on it for a while. It was definitely not what I was expecting. I'm happy I am finally finished and free to choose another read. What's next? Drowned by Junot Diaz.
I still think it bizarre, and I'm sure I have to think on it for a while. It was definitely not what I was expecting. I'm happy I am finally finished and free to choose another read. What's next? Drowned by Junot Diaz.
I cant tell if a sheltered life is better or worse than a life out in society
4.5 stars. This deeply touched me AND revolted me all at once. I’ve never read anything like this ever in my life and I don’t think I ever will