Geek Love: A Novel by Katherine Dunn Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Geek Love: A Novel
Book Review: Disapointing and Boring
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is the type of book that appeared to have great promise, but sadly fell terribly short. It was a book, that through reviews, promised a dark shadowing prespective upon life, a certain lusted after grity quality that was enduring and of constant interest to the reader. It was a book however that I could not force myself to read past the fifth chapter due to it's undeniably terrible plot, story and general writing style. It's not because I found it disturbing, most usually the more contaversial the better for me, but it was boring, it dragged along like a pitiful tin can tied to the back of a rusty car 10 years after the wedding was through and the divorce had come through. I get the idea of the story, that even though they're freaks they all love each other in their own little twisted way, but I'm sorry that theme is overrated and overused in modern literature. I got the feeling the author was attempting to be witty, and literary, knowing not that her attempts failed miserably. Oh well though, all is well that ends well I assume, which refers to the fact that I traded Geek Love in at a second hand book store for a much better book (doesn't almost anything surpass this stinker?) and even managed to get some money from it too as when you don't get past chapter 5 in a book it keeps it condition pretty damn crisp and clean.Book Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
Once the reader gets past the initial shock value BEHIND the story, the novel is predictable and drags... if you cast Cheng and Eng, JoJo the Dog-Faced Boy, and "The Enigma" in a VC Andrews novel, you'd end up with this drivel.Book Review: Disappointing.
Summary: 3 Stars
It's not that it's a bad book. It's that it was so highly recommended that I don't think it could possibly have lived up to the hype. If you are looking for the best book you've ever read, this isn't it. It is worth reading, and it might make you think. Don't expect too much.Book Review: Disturbing
Summary: 1 Stars
Geek Love is disturbing, sickening and repulsive. It is the only book I recall making me feel ill and I read voraciously. I couldn't get past the first few chapters. I regret purchasing the book and would give it away but don't think that I should inflict it on others.Book Review: Disturbing but riveting
Summary: 5 Stars
Al and Lil Binewski own a failing carnival, which they revive by creating a family of freaks though chemical abuse during pregnancy. Not just standard drugs, but pesticides, radioisotopes, and more. The story is narrated by their daughter Olympia, a bald albino hunchback dwarf, who often bemoans her relative normalcy (you should see her siblings). It's a fascinating look at not only carnival life, but how we view physical beauty in general. Do we really envy those who are completely normal, or those who proudly display their differences? The description is raw, shocking, and painfully vivid, but like a carnival freak show, you just can't look away. You have to keep reading, to get a better look, to see what they'll do next. This is not the sort of book that will appeal to everyone, or even most people, but I really enjoyed it. If nothing else, it was very different from most other things I've read.