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Mosquitoland - David Arnold
Mosquitoland
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"I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange." After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her... show more
"I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange." After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the "wastelands" of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland. So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane. Told in an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic voice, "Mosquitoland" is a modern American odyssey, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780451470775 (045147077X)
ASIN: 045147077X
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
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Mimia Reads & Talks
Mimia Reads & Talks rated it
5.0 Mosquitoland
3 things about this book:1. This is what it is. A book with a road trip to get to a destination and an interior trip to get to understand life and everything. Both these trips are made by teenager girl with some problems. You get the idea, right?2. Loved the way this book was written. With the lett...
Danni Mae
Danni Mae rated it
3.0 Review: Mosquitoland by David Arnold
Mosquitoland was an odd book for me. I knew right away that if it got into the blogosphere enough, it would be a new trend book like The Fault in Our Stars. It’s full of so much deep thought and quirky opinions that it’s like, what’s not to love? But my feelings on it were pretty so-so. It was an in...
Her Fine Eyes
Her Fine Eyes rated it
0.0 Mosquitoland
***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.*** One-sentence summary: The wonderfully distinctive voice of the main character, the well-crafted sentences, and the irresistible road trip were (for me) unfortunately overshadowed by some ableist, racist passages and a you're-not-supposed-t...
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4.0 Review: Mosquitoland!
At A GlanceGenre: Young Adult; Contemporary. Love Triangle/Insta Love?: nope. Cliff Hanger: nope. Rating: 4 StarsScore SheetAll out of tenCover: 8Plot: 8Characters: 8World Building: 8Flow: 8Series Congruity: n/aEnding: 7Total: 8In DeptBest Part: Road trip!Worst Part: none.Thoughts Had: Road Trip!...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it
4.0 Mosquitoland
I listened to this novel and I don’t think I enjoyed the audio as well as I would have liked to actually read the book. The flashbacks in the novel and some of dramatic parts in the book just weren’t played out as well as I thought they could have been. Mim, her innocence had me laughing and I saw...
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