Another gentle, whimsical, and touching book by an author I love (and respect) very much. The story is simple, but unlike what other reviewers have said I must disagree in that this book WILL find an audience. It will resonate with teenage girls but also with younger girls who may be in the same kin...
Book InfoKindle Edition, 276 pagesPublished September 28th 2010 by Harper Teenoriginal title The FrenzyASIN B003VIWO52edition language Englishother editions (6)Source:Kindle version borrowed from Public LibraryBook Buy LinksAmazonB&NBOOK SYNOPSISLove is a werewolf, influenced by the moon and terror,...
Not my thing. I didn't care for the way Block incorporated The Odyssey. Didn't make any sense to me and didn't help with the flow of the story, IMO. It just felt forced and weird.
I knew going into this collection that I’d be stepping outside my “comfort level”. This is the case with most of Block’s work, for me. Though, at this point, I think I’m getting comfortable with Block’s unconventional style of writing. Block was able to hook me in with what normally irks me with p...
Magic realism is like free verse: it looks deceptively easy when it's done well, and too many writers think it means you can do whatever you want to on the page.Francesca Lia Block has succeeded in this medium before, at least in my opinion. I know they're cornball and over-the-top, but I do love We...
I am a huge fan of dystopia. I have read practically everything from The Hunger Games to The Giver. I also spent a good chunk of my childhood obsessing over Percy Jackson and all things Greek Mythology. Add in some LGBT issues and you have the literary equivalent of a triple layer chocolate cake. (...
I tried to love it, I did and perhaps if I knew more about the Odyssey, I could like it but this book failed me. I started to enjoy the story and the characters but all the connections to the Odyssey, sorry…you lost me and I lost my flow in the story. I was totally confused when the book was over....
*Quick not so formal review* I read Block's Weetzie Bat a few years ago, and I think that helped prepare me for reading this book. Block has an interesting way with language that is beautiful to read, but can also lead to some minor confusion and rereading. It's not a fault in the writing though. ...
Block's most famous books, "Weetzie Bat" and "Witch Baby," are pass or fail tests. You're either enchanted by them and therefore willing to forgive some overblown language and bursts of woo, or you're knocked over by waves of purple prose and nauseated by all the freakin' adorableness.I tend toward ...
This book is about a young girl named Barbie blessed (or cursed) with beauty and forced into modeling by her controlling mom who was an ex-model herself and is living vicariously through her child. When Barbie's eleven she meets Mab. Mab is a sarcastic fairy who almost reluctantly becomes Barbie's ...
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