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Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
5.0

This book made my skin crawl in all the best ways. Disgusting, weird, unnatural and slimy yet thoughtful, unique, laudable and fun. A wild tale of toxic family dynamics, mixed with sci-fi style mutations and cult personalities, this was a narrative full of twists and turns. I was never bored reading. The premise of it is completely fucked up and I can understand why a lot of people hate it or don’t finish it. Not for the faint of heart.

That being, If you’re looking for a read unlike anything else, that will make you say “what the fuck” but also “wow, that was thought provoking” and you don’t mind topics like incest and body mutalation, this is for you. I’d love to know how someone comes up with something like this.