i may just be giving this five stars out of surprise... i was dreading reading all these teen books - not all of them look bad or anything, but there i may just be giving this five stars out of surprise... i was dreading reading all these teen books - not all of them look bad or anything, but there are just so many and i am so far away from my teenage years... but this one is a hoot! (if a book about war and death and eating disorders and all horrible things can be said to be a hoot. for my purposes i say yes) i liked the character's voice; it was just the right combination of faux-sophistication and vulnerability. and all the survival stuff was great, it reminds me of my all-time favorite children's book which i may write a review for later. and now i am really looking forward to my class!! meet me at the mall!
just when i think that the market of books that are hilarious-in-their-bad-taste has been supersaturated, they make one more. one more book to [image]
just when i think that the market of books that are hilarious-in-their-bad-taste has been supersaturated, they make one more. one more book to pull me right out of maturity and back into my more comfortable 14-year-old sense of humor. seriously. pictures of furries. doing it. chicken and fox, cat and dog...
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i'm not one to judge what people get up to in their bedrooms, but it's a sexual proclivity to which i just cannot relate. and yet i feel perfectly comfortable laughing like mad over these furry furry lovers. thank you, publishing industry!
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and do you see that there is an actual furry hole in the cover? and me here with no peen. such a waste.
and now i know there is such thing as japanese gothic! i knew japanese horror, but this is more specific: it's got all the crumbling mansions and sexuand now i know there is such thing as japanese gothic! i knew japanese horror, but this is more specific: it's got all the crumbling mansions and sexual taboos and whispered midnight conversations of my preferred irish gothic, only farther away. and it's not bad. the back copy said it was like rebecca meets rosemary's baby, and dana said she didn't understand what that could mean, but after reading it, i do. it's not inaccurate. and now i know something dana doesn't know. so that's two things learned. not a bad day...
this book has one of the best titles and covers i've seen all year, so i had to buy it. and i'm glad it was so much fun, because i'm such a sucker forthis book has one of the best titles and covers i've seen all year, so i had to buy it. and i'm glad it was so much fun, because i'm such a sucker for pretty covers that sometimes i get burned. but not this time! you can buy this and be assured that it will be funny and thoughtful and moving and undead. and if you don't like it, just rip the cover off and frame it, i don't care.
i enjoyed this book, but im wondering what greg must think of me to have recommended it. you know how when patrick mccabe is writing truly sick shit ai enjoyed this book, but im wondering what greg must think of me to have recommended it. you know how when patrick mccabe is writing truly sick shit and you enjoy it but you're like, man - why am i laughing at this?? its like that. but told in this tight prose that still manages to leave so much implicit. i liked it but it's definitely not for everyone....more
booring. is that a review?? this was just very flat to me. i wasn't offended by the subject matter - i could care less about the "scandalous" elementsbooring. is that a review?? this was just very flat to me. i wasn't offended by the subject matter - i could care less about the "scandalous" elements. but the writing was so clinical and thin. at one point, i blamed the translation, but c'mon - its not that hard to translate german to english (i can't do it, of course, but it's supposed to be one of the easiest translations) i have nothing helpful to say about this except i was bored bored bored. the characters were unappealing, the "twists" were ho-hum, and i thought it very dry .i don't know what oprah was thinking...
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