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it is so awesome being me. every day is a contradiction, every opinion is unpredictable and inconsistent. i surprise myself daily: i love the coen brothers, but i hate the big lebowski. how is this possible?? i hate cutie-pie whimsical movies, but i loved amelie. wuuh?
the excitement of living my life is that i am always surprised by how i will respond; the world is a big exciting oyster of possibility.
this book has everything going against my expected tastes: slick language, "cool" protagonist ...more
the excitement of living my life is that i am always surprised by how i will respond; the world is a big exciting oyster of possibility.
this book has everything going against my expected tastes: slick language, "cool" protagonist ...more
A fairy tale for goth kids, this book was truly unique and really spoke to me when it came out.
Reading Weetzie Bat was so bittersweet to me. I loved every minute of it, but at the same time I was so sad that this couldn't be my life, that everything couldn't be so bright and colorful and full of hope. Because of this, I am pretty glad I didn't read it as a teenager, because in my naivete I am sure I would have thought that my life could be like that (well, without the genie, of course).
The story works best as a parable about love and tolerance. It is not heavy on plot or language, but tha ...more
The story works best as a parable about love and tolerance. It is not heavy on plot or language, but tha ...more
I used to read books by this author when I was in high school, but I didn't remember anything about them so when I saw this at the library I decided to pick it up and see what it was like. Francesca Lia Block has a writing style that's so unique, I really can't compare it to any other author. She chooses her words carefully and because this book was so short, I felt that every word had meaning. The characters are likable and there's a little bit of magical realism in this book and I'd say if you
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This book is charming and fun. It's very much a girl book in that its about fashion, fun things, and relationships. There are more in the series, and I didn't read on. Certain passages are piquant, and for anyone interested in the border between arts culture and lit, and YA books, this should be on their radar.
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I'm giving this one more star than I would for pure enjoyment, because I'm pretty sure it's gorgeous. That's not even true--it's more like I enjoyed its gorgeousness more than anything else. This was a dream/poem/literary story rather than a novel, and it captured his very specific kind of wacky person in the early '80s. If someone wrote this book today, it would end in tragedy with everyone's life falling apart, but the beautiful ideal of LA in the '80s is something I can appreciate from a dist
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My review of this is attached to the omnibus edition Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books
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I didn't like this quite as much as some of Francesca's other, most ethereal works, but I liked it more than I thought I would, especially from my superficial judging of the title and cover art.
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Dec 29, 2008
Cristella
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katie
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