false <![CDATA[In Awe]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg 264255 3 The poetic language of <i>In Awe</i> places images like mutilated mannequins and a defunct miniature golf course in a weird, dark Kansas setting. Scott Heim's lyrical tale of three outcasts (a 17-year-old boy, a 32-year-old woman, and an old woman) works its eerie magic on two levels. On one level, it's about people so vilified by society that their ambitions come from horror stories: Boris is writing a story in which the three friends will rise from the grave "with worms on [their] wrists like gray bracelets" and wreak zombie vengeance, and Sarah wants to "star in movies where everyone will suffer sobbing and she alone will survive for top billing in the sequels." On another level, it's about an obsessive desire for a love object (Boris's for another boy he sees as "half-hyena, half-swan") that is so fierce, it can only be consummated in death. 1123412 1997 In Awe total:68|5:17|4:21|3:19|2:6|1:5| 68 243 117 8 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 4 0 false Fri Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 27 18:17:52 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 18:18:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 4 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Sun Mar 23 08:07:10 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 08:08:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 3 0 false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 00:33:30 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 24 16:27:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 2 0 false Tue Mar 27 11:34:43 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 13:37:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 4 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 08 23:22:39 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 23 16:50:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 2 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 25 19:18:25 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 06 01:09:27 -0800 2008
Like many others, Mysterious Skin (my thoughts) was my introduction to Scott Heim; I loved its simplicity and utter lack of pretension. In Awe is its opposite - a story that, at the c...more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 3 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Wed Mar 26 18:46:45 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 18:49:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 264255 0060929200 9780060929206 63 8 In Awe 3.57 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173245111m/264255.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264255.In_Awe 5 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 04:31:21 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 13:02:12 -0800 2009 This book is pretty amazing. I give it 4 stars though instead of 5 because I'm not sure how I feel about the ending yet.

After thinking about it for a week or two, I have now updated my review for a full 5 stars.
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