In 1999, Ella was one of three students who arrived at her Denver school with a cache of weapons and a plan to use them. Years later, she sifts thr...
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Feb 15, 2012
Tonya
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I like a book that really makes me think, so a book with a title such as The Devil's Mix Tape isn't something that I could pass up on reading, not in a million years. Depending on your personal tastes, the subject matter might be a bit harder to swallow than that of your run-of-the-mill contemporary book. True, it may prove to be challenging for readers who prefer a more linear sort of story but I think the scattered style of storytelling makes The Devil's Mix Tape feel like a puzzle you just ha
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Jan 19, 2012
insomnius
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I really wanted to like this book.
An Australian author, writing female characters and using an Australian setting? Indigenous, trans and queer characters? Music references? Sounds great.
Unfortunately, too much time is spent on some of the interweaving storylines (especially if you count the information about young female killers as a storyline) and not enough on others; ultimately, this book tries to do a lot of really interesting things but doesn't have enough time to make t More...
An Australian author, writing female characters and using an Australian setting? Indigenous, trans and queer characters? Music references? Sounds great.
Unfortunately, too much time is spent on some of the interweaving storylines (especially if you count the information about young female killers as a storyline) and not enough on others; ultimately, this book tries to do a lot of really interesting things but doesn't have enough time to make t More...
Dec 06, 2011
Elizabeth
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Mary Borsellino's The Devil's Mixtape is the kind of book you will be physically unable to put down until you have read the last page and solved every mystery.
Told in a series of alternating points of view, this book masterfully takes a dozen different narratives from different times and weaves them together -- into a Cobweb, if you will -- and each story builds on the last so perfectly it stings with how brilliantly it's done. It's got a rich Australian voice, seamlessly blending hist More...
Told in a series of alternating points of view, this book masterfully takes a dozen different narratives from different times and weaves them together -- into a Cobweb, if you will -- and each story builds on the last so perfectly it stings with how brilliantly it's done. It's got a rich Australian voice, seamlessly blending hist More...
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Dec 20, 2011
Narrelle
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Mary Borsellino wrote the five-book The Wolf House vampire series, which I love. It's full of horror, cruelty, compassion, love, art and rock music. The Devil's Mixtape is her newest book, and it has all the power, passion, razorblade insights and sometimes shock value of her vampire novel, condensed into a single volume. Mary Borsellino does not choose safe, easy subjects - or protagonists - but she grabs everything in two fists and propels you to places you never saw coming. The other writer w
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Dec 09, 2011
Vilja
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I had to tell myself that “a smorgasbord of nummy” is not an appropriate literary review, though in this case it might be the most apt and concise.
Don't get me wrong. This is a horror story, or many horror stories woven together. It's horror that fills your belly and leaves you glutted and a little drunk and still wanting more. In this novel, despite the terrible things that happen, and despite everything that is lost, there is a continuity beyond the final disaster, and the only th More...
Don't get me wrong. This is a horror story, or many horror stories woven together. It's horror that fills your belly and leaves you glutted and a little drunk and still wanting more. In this novel, despite the terrible things that happen, and despite everything that is lost, there is a continuity beyond the final disaster, and the only th More...
Dec 18, 2011
Erinna
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This is a book that I wish, I wish with all my heart had been around when I was a teenager. But even now, I get so much out of.
The Devil's Mixtape explores voices in fiction that rarely get heard, young women and men who are marginalised, or ignored. It tells the story of outcasts and rebels, breaks your heart, but also makes you laugh when you cry.
The characters are fully, richly realised, each with a distinctive voice, and you understand their motivations and ideas, even wh More...
The Devil's Mixtape explores voices in fiction that rarely get heard, young women and men who are marginalised, or ignored. It tells the story of outcasts and rebels, breaks your heart, but also makes you laugh when you cry.
The characters are fully, richly realised, each with a distinctive voice, and you understand their motivations and ideas, even wh More...
Feb 04, 2012
Emory
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As human beings, we all share an innate curiosity, if not fear, of death. The theories abound as to what constitutes consciousness, and what happens to it after the cessation of the physical form. The ideas and mythologies are as varied as people themselves. In Mary Borsellino's “The Devil's Mixtape,” traditional notions of the afterlife are twisted into something wholly original and pleasantly strange.
The main focus of the narrative is an event referred to as “Cobweb” and the lives More...
The main focus of the narrative is an event referred to as “Cobweb” and the lives More...
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Dec 23, 2011
Mercurybard
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Jan 11, 2012
Julie
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Mary Borsellino, author of The Wolf House, has done it again. I stayed up till the wee hours, unwilling to put this book away until I had finished every last word.
Mary is very skilled at writing flawed, engaging characters who also come across as incredibly human (quite a trick when not all of them are).
I love the character of Ella, even thought I don't think I'm supposed to. After all, high-school spree-killers aren't supposed to be the characters you like hearing about. But More...
Mary is very skilled at writing flawed, engaging characters who also come across as incredibly human (quite a trick when not all of them are).
I love the character of Ella, even thought I don't think I'm supposed to. After all, high-school spree-killers aren't supposed to be the characters you like hearing about. But More...
Dec 12, 2011
Mitch
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This book might not be for everyone (just a guess based on the murder that forms one of the building blocks of the narrative) (which is not so much a spoiler, and is something you should know before going in just in case that bothers you!), but it's certainly everything I love in a novel. My primary reaction consists of the word "amazing" repeated many times, interspersed with "holy crap"s and "I'd never thought of that!"s and other such exclamations.
Dec 19, 2011
Minna
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This was one of those rare books that as soon as I finished seemed to be something that had always existed. A much more honest look at what it's like to be a messed up kid than you see in most stories that try to talk about them, even with the supernatural elements. 10/10
Dec 08, 2011
Kezia
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I have an ARC of The Devil's Mixtape in .pdf, .mobi, and .epub and I want to pass them on-- if anyone would like a copy, just comment!
Feb 09, 2012
Rebecca
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This was a wonderfully original read! Borsellino's prose is intelligent, inventive, and true. The Devil's Mixtape has a non-traditional plot line in which many story lines weave together and intertwine in unexpected ways - but coherency is never lost and, as you start to learn the connections, your appreciation for the book only grows. All the characters had unique voices - no cliches here - and were awesome portrayals of figures underrepresented in most stories out there. My favorite POVs were
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Jan 31, 2012
Karen
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Complicated narrative and tough to keep characters straight, but a very enjoyable book. She weaves the plot beautifully and I love the social commentary that lies beneath the story. Will give it a second read so I can thoroughly enjoy it, having already been accustomed to the story.
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