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karensbooks's review
4.0
Lucy in the sky have a slow beginning. It was parts I didn't understand and some parts that were just confusing. So I have to admit I used some time on it. The whole first half was slow to me, but after that, things started to happen. Some action, that made my stomach freeze and funny twists. I really enjoyed the last part and I finished it within two days.
John Vorhaus's writing style was special, sometimes the book had this magical tone, that hypnotized me, but at some parts it was just random. I found some parts funny and my heart jumped several times too. Vorhaus wrote the book in first person and I personally thinks he did a great job. I normally do not prefer first person, but this book was okay with it.
This book takes part in 1969, when Beatles were big and being a hippie were popular. Beatles came out with the song 'Lucy In The Sky' that are a description of how being high, something that was common in the Hippie community.
Lucy have to be my favorite character. She is funny, smart and perfect, but she has her flaws. She also have a dark background, the reason why she is who she is. Gene was okay, I liked him. He had a lot of questions and he adore Lucy. He was smart when it counts, but sometimes he just seemed so dumb. I'm glad Lucy learned him a few things.
All in one, this book was okay in the beginning and GREAT at the end.
I will give it 4/5 stars
The review and some more: http://karenschoice-books.blogspot.no/2012/09/review-lucy-in-sky.html
John Vorhaus's writing style was special, sometimes the book had this magical tone, that hypnotized me, but at some parts it was just random. I found some parts funny and my heart jumped several times too. Vorhaus wrote the book in first person and I personally thinks he did a great job. I normally do not prefer first person, but this book was okay with it.
This book takes part in 1969, when Beatles were big and being a hippie were popular. Beatles came out with the song 'Lucy In The Sky' that are a description of how being high, something that was common in the Hippie community.
Lucy have to be my favorite character. She is funny, smart and perfect, but she has her flaws. She also have a dark background, the reason why she is who she is. Gene was okay, I liked him. He had a lot of questions and he adore Lucy. He was smart when it counts, but sometimes he just seemed so dumb. I'm glad Lucy learned him a few things.
All in one, this book was okay in the beginning and GREAT at the end.
I will give it 4/5 stars
The review and some more: http://karenschoice-books.blogspot.no/2012/09/review-lucy-in-sky.html
writerjholland's review
5.0
Full review on Tales Between the Pages
By the end of the first paragraph I was hooked. Vorhaus has a funny, irreverent, and charming writing style that reminds me of the absurdist style of Tom Robbins or Christopher Moore. (Note: I’m not calling Vorhaus absurd. “Absurdist fiction” is a legitimate genre. Read more about it here.) However much Vorhaus’ writing style reminds me of Robbins or Moore, his book isn’t absurdist fiction. Vorhaus taps into the psyche of his 16-year-old protagonist, Gene, to explore the status quo, the Vietnam war, and the rising counterculture in 1969 middle-America.
I always said that I was born in the wrong era. I read this book convinced that had I been a teenager in 1969 I would have been just like Lucy. The truth is that I probably would have been a square and not have done anything radical with my life. I imagine myself holed up in my room listening to the music my parents hated and thinking radical counterculture thoughts only when they were both out of the house. Lucy on the inside. Mary Jane or something equally square on the outside. Maybe I’d surprise myself. Lucy exhibits the kind of freedom that my 1969-me would have loved to have and the kind of freedom that my 28-year-old-2014-me would still like to have. Lucy represents the promise inside myself to do something/say something/stand up for something radical. I think that’s what she represented to Gene too. No matter how crazy things got in the book (and boy were they crazy) Gene’s heart never changed. I loved that best about him. It proves to me you can be radical AND good at the same time.
By the end of the first paragraph I was hooked. Vorhaus has a funny, irreverent, and charming writing style that reminds me of the absurdist style of Tom Robbins or Christopher Moore. (Note: I’m not calling Vorhaus absurd. “Absurdist fiction” is a legitimate genre. Read more about it here.) However much Vorhaus’ writing style reminds me of Robbins or Moore, his book isn’t absurdist fiction. Vorhaus taps into the psyche of his 16-year-old protagonist, Gene, to explore the status quo, the Vietnam war, and the rising counterculture in 1969 middle-America.
I always said that I was born in the wrong era. I read this book convinced that had I been a teenager in 1969 I would have been just like Lucy. The truth is that I probably would have been a square and not have done anything radical with my life. I imagine myself holed up in my room listening to the music my parents hated and thinking radical counterculture thoughts only when they were both out of the house. Lucy on the inside. Mary Jane or something equally square on the outside. Maybe I’d surprise myself. Lucy exhibits the kind of freedom that my 1969-me would have loved to have and the kind of freedom that my 28-year-old-2014-me would still like to have. Lucy represents the promise inside myself to do something/say something/stand up for something radical. I think that’s what she represented to Gene too. No matter how crazy things got in the book (and boy were they crazy) Gene’s heart never changed. I loved that best about him. It proves to me you can be radical AND good at the same time.
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