I first discovered Francesca Lia Block years ago through her book Weetzie Bat. I had randomly found a copy at my bookstore and figured it'd be a fast, fun read. I ended up being right. I also grabbed Girl Goddess #9 soon after, but that was my only experience with Block's work for many years. Luckil...
This falls squarely into the magical realism type of story. I would probably have enjoyed it a bit more if I was younger, but this story of a complicated family, who have complicated relationships and around whom things that are possibly magical happen. They have their own language and thinking an...
About halfway through reading this, I finally figured out what was bothering me about the Weetzie Bat books in general. It reminded me a lot of my feelings towards Rent. When I was sixteen, I freaking loved that musical. I thought it was so awesome, and raw, and real, and this is how real life total...
With this series I was hoping for more fantasy. While there is some there is also a piece of reality fitting into the story. The world of Weezie Bat is kinda of gritty and reminds of reading a Poppy Z. Brite book but less graphic. I thought because looking at covers there was fairies in the book an...
I really like the author's minimalist and achingly beautiful, fairytale-like prose, the wonderful depiction of everyday life and happiness & sorrow as well as the unflinching idealism in an often unjust world, and the theme of facing harsh reality with love, acceptance and dream. Definitely one of m...
This is actually 5 books in one, and the quality of each book varies quite a lot. Unfortunately the book starts off with the weakest stories, I nearly gave up right at the beginning. I'm glad I didn't though, because the last two stories are great and I closed the book wanting more. The Los Angeles ...
I absolutely adored this book!I fell in love with the way Francesca Lia Block creates whole worlds out of words. Beautiful poetic descriptions. Interesting characters. Magical realism. This is the kind of writer I would like to be. I must add this one to my permanent book collection to refer ba...
Borrowed this from the library after hearing rave reviews from people online. Note to self: those people had (girl) children who enjoyed this book, which made the reading experience pleasurable for both parent and child. I grew up on Tolkien and Carroll and C.S. Lewis...that would explain my "meh" r...
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