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A review by rstadler
Cows by Matthew Stokoe
2.0
This book was pretty strange. I picked it up because it was on a list of things I wanted to read that I had written years ago. Since adding it to that list I have completely forgotten what inspired me to go out and find this to read. Maybe it was some sort of transient interest in reading things that were shocking for the sake of being shocking?
Maybe there is some interesting metaphor in here but I apparently missed it. Mostly it just seemed like this really intentionally over the top gross-out book, almost like a bunch of teenage boys got together and were trying to outdo each other in terms of bizarre imagery.
I guess I can say that on the plus side, I wasn't bored. And certainly it took my imagination to some strange new places. But ultimately I don't think I really "got" this book. I'm going to spend some time now reading other people's reviews and see if I can figure out what drew my interest in the first place.
Maybe there is some interesting metaphor in here but I apparently missed it. Mostly it just seemed like this really intentionally over the top gross-out book, almost like a bunch of teenage boys got together and were trying to outdo each other in terms of bizarre imagery.
I guess I can say that on the plus side, I wasn't bored. And certainly it took my imagination to some strange new places. But ultimately I don't think I really "got" this book. I'm going to spend some time now reading other people's reviews and see if I can figure out what drew my interest in the first place.