A review by ljpapp
Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks

4.0

A narrator who is almost permanently strung out, either hungover or drunk, and unapologetically (or obliviously) unaware. The ramblings were funny but not funny-funny, but not peculiar-funny, and eventually lost me in the last dozen pages as I pushed through to the end. The narrator is so hilariously delusional about herself that I couldn't help but cheer her on. Fuck Jane, who said the narrator is more of a mess than she is while pushing her to buy heroin after two weeks clean. I saw Steve and Cherry as the true stars, and the two Tammy-centric sections remain the highlights of the novel.