A review by cmcrockford
Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The racial depictions would not pass muster in 2024, probably, but this is an astonishing, hilarious, and still bizarrely relevant book even if 1970's NYC doesn't really exist anymore. (But 2020's Philly definitely does.)
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