gemtea2000 's review for:

Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson

5.0

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Jesus's Son means I don't know what exactly but I had seen a movie version of this and found that it was based on a group of inter-connecting short stories collected under the same title. The movie was weird but OK. The book was weird and excellent. It's peppered with little brilliant gems of creativity which seem to leap from the book and shower you with your own feelings and thoughts that you may not have known were there. A very enchanting look a life through the eyes of drug addled mind for the most part. It many times caught me by surprise and I found myself laughing aloud. There is sadness and joy. I would call this simply a book about life from a somewhat skewed view. I'm giving it an extra star because I'm trying to get things done around my place but scenes from the book keep edging their way into my head. Can't stop thinking about it. Plan on someday reading again.