<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>61444</id>
  <title><![CDATA[Sloth]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[1401203663]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9781401203665]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">61444</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">3</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">59764</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer">6</original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer">7</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Sloth</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:265|5:33|4:86|3:89|2:40|1:17|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">265</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">873</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">344</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">42</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.29]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[248]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[40]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>5124</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Gilbert Hernandez]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1203574092p5/5124.jpg]]></image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5124.Gilbert_Hernandez]]></link>
    <average_rating>4.10</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>2736</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>260</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="342">
      <review>
  <id>35237428</id>
    <user>
    <id>33887</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Imogen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Oakland, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/33887-imogen]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1223239632p3/33887.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 13 19:06:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 13 19:10:56 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dude. Yes! My girlfriend has a total boner for Love &amp; Rockets so I bought her this. I was like, 'Isn't Gilbert the one you like better?' She had a fever. She was like, 'No.' <br/><br/>So anyway then I went to bed and read it the next morning and it totally rules. Comparisons to that movie Lost Hig...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35237428">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35237428]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35237428]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39008234</id>
    <user>
    <id>874575</id>
    <name><![CDATA[sweet pea]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tacoma, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/874575-sweet-pea]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1202167018p3/874575.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="graphic-content" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 01 01:40:33 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 01 01:50:54 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[an interesting suburban legend with a switch-up that makes it more interesting.  plus, haunted lemon orchards are cool.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39008234]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39008234]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>46533111</id>
    <user>
    <id>1710612</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Columbus, OH]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1710612-michelle-lombardi]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1245853483p3/1710612.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="ya-class" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 16 11:34:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 08:05:16 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[<em>Sloth</em> is a graphic novel about Miguel, who lives with his grandparents since his mother abandoned him when he was four.  Miguel was in a coma for a year and has been in a slowed-down state ever since he woke up.  The story follows him and his friends Lita and Romeo as they investigate Miguel's suspi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46533111">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46533111]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46533111]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>18368590</id>
    <user>
    <id>811567</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jeff]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Charlotte, NC]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/811567-jeff]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="graphic-novels" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 22 07:11:24 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 26 06:55:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A sort of suburban 'Mulholland Drive' by the Great Gilbert; a love story about twisting identities, alternate realities, the allure of lemon groves, and the gentle beauty of being in a coma; all tightly packed into 150 pages without a single wasted frame. ]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18368590]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18368590]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>76781317</id>
    <user>
    <id>2911771</id>
    <name><![CDATA[May-Ling]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Menlo Park, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2911771-may-ling]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257404050p3/2911771.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 04 23:01:29 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 04 23:01:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count>1</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[persepolis inspired me to check out a few graphic novels, so this one was my first. i was drawn to it since the primary characters are latino. the illustration is amazing, and in fact, i had to re-read each page at least once. i'd start with the storyline and get distracted by the art, so i'd need t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76781317">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76781317]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76781317]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78005039</id>
    <user>
    <id>160148</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Chazzbot]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cedar City, UT]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/160148-chazzbot]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1183064011p3/160148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 16 15:35:38 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 16 15:41:19 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is a short novel that reads quickly, though in a somewhat haphazard narrative format.  The reader soon adjusts to Hernandez's style, which suits the storyline itself.  Questions of identity and memory (and fame) permeate the story, and the entire novel complicates the nature of reality itself, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78005039">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78005039]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78005039]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39469320</id>
    <user>
    <id>381293</id>
    <name><![CDATA[matt]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Milwaukee, WI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/381293-matt]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243874344p3/381293.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 06 15:36:17 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 06 15:40:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i waited for the softcover on this, but if i got the hardcover when it came out i wouldn't have been disappointed. but i saved $5 this so bonus.<br/><br/>not sure how to describe this, but it was just a solid, engaging read.  the story's about a guy who wakes up a year later, after putting himself...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39469320">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39469320]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39469320]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>1741108</id>
    <user>
    <id>72855</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Walker]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[York, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/72855-walker]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1180539970p3/72855.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">1127316</id>
  <isbn>1845763734</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781845763732</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181214251m/1127316.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1127316.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.27</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>15</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Serra becomes a walking urban legend after he wills himself into a coma and wakes up one year later virtually unchanged - except for his sloth-like pace. Discover how a haunted lemon orchard, a mysterious goatman and murder collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland of suburbia. Will it be love or rock-and-roll suicide? Find out in Sloth, a surrealistic romantic drama in the spirit of David Lynch that takes the art of sequential storytelling to new heights in its use of light and shadow.]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jun 07 04:05:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jun 10 06:01:10 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I continue to try to like the Hernandez brothers.  I feel like I'm supposed to like them, and I would really like to like them, but in the end they're not my favorites.  (To be fair, this book is only by one of them.)<br/><br/>The main gripe I had with <em>Sloth</em> (aside from the art, of which I wasn't ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1741108">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1741108]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1741108]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>5966492</id>
    <user>
    <id>255516</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Alicia]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Mission, KS]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/255516-alicia]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1186363373p3/255516.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 09 19:03:11 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 09 19:03:21 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I picked up a graphic novel again tonight thinking I would get something a little lighter. When will I learn. Graphic novels aren't just for kids anymore.<br/><br/>I really liked this one. What can I say, I like the freaky, weird ones. Miguel wakes from his self-induced coma and moves through his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5966492">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5966492]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5966492]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>71791563</id>
    <user>
    <id>327259</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Janis]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Folsom, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/327259-janis]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1191605267p3/327259.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 19 12:43:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 19 13:06:26 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Back in the '80s, I was a big fan of the alternative comic Love &amp; Rockets so had high expectations for this Gilbert Hernanez graphic novel. But this story of urban legends and teen angst just didn't flow for me -- contradictions and occasional dropped story lines left me feeling jarred. Great art wo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71791563">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71791563]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71791563]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>40332199</id>
    <user>
    <id>557331</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Vaughan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Providence, RI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/557331-vaughan]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1192920049p3/557331.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Dec 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 17 15:05:37 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 17 15:07:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I'm on a graphic novel kick. Can someone explain this one to me? Interesting, reminded me of Charles Burns' Blackhole, but I'm confused by this one and that's both good and bad. (I like reading a book in a day,though, and I think reading graphic novels is the only way I can pull this off.)]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40332199]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40332199]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>51996681</id>
    <user>
    <id>1969688</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Emily]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1969688-emily-mittelmark]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1233210743p3/1969688.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 08 17:15:52 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 08 17:17:19 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is the best book I have ever read in my entire life. The only bad part is that there are pictures of a monster which are more horrifying than my worst nightmares. The Goatman will haunt me forever. But other than that, it's incredible. The plot consists entirely of comas.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51996681]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51996681]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>79555364</id>
    <user>
    <id>1346310</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tony ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, The United Kingdom]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1346310-tony]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 01 13:47:03 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 01 13:49:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic Lynchian smalltown surealism.  Trying to rationalise the perspectival shifts, as some reviewers have, is like trying to explain why the dinner guests can't leave the room in Bunuel's 'Exterminating Angel'...]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79555364]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79555364]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>75476419</id>
    <user>
    <id>2784939</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Eric]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2784939-eric-orchard]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1254162781p3/2784939.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 23 07:37:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 23 07:39:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Was surprised how much I enjoyed this. Wasn't sure how I'd like such a concise work by Hernandez as I've not liked his short stand alone works as much as the Palomar stories but this is fantastic. Really good read.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75476419]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75476419]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>50582251</id>
    <user>
    <id>2165897</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Carllee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Longmont, CO]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2165897-carllee]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238122602p3/2165897.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 26 21:13:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 26 21:13:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I was slightly confused by who exactly the main character was and what story was really about but I still liked it. The art was okay and the dialogue seems natural enough. Art: 6/10, Story 6.5/10]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50582251]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50582251]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>44759765</id>
    <user>
    <id>225835</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Tyler]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Richmond, VA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/225835-tyler]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="comics" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 29 10:20:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 29 10:22:14 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A pretty good read, though I'm not sure I really understood everything.  I got some of the strange shifts and twists, but I still felt as if there was something else going on.  Still, a good read.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44759765]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44759765]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>45000723</id>
    <user>
    <id>1413221</id>
    <name><![CDATA[ramblerjessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Albuquerque, NM]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1413221-ramblerjessica]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1218474641p3/1413221.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people who know they like graphic novels]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 18:31:31 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Feb 06 17:00:05 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[i finished this book last week for the second time.  i loved the surreal nature of this story.  at times i was a little underwhelmed by the writing, but overall held up well over the year and still kept my interest.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45000723]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45000723]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>40659183</id>
    <user>
    <id>926251</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Phillip]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Murfreesboro, TN]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/926251-phillip]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203534670p3/926251.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 22 03:59:53 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 22 04:01:08 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Not sure about this one. Very confusing and not a great ending. Still love Hernandez's art, but they story was out there. Maybe I missed something.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40659183]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40659183]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>73431768</id>
    <user>
    <id>1477669</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Blythe, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1477669-michelle]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257102182p3/1477669.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="2009" />
          <shelf name="grafix" />
          <shelf name="smiley" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 14:22:55 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 14:22:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[...that I may not LOVE graphic novels as a type of writing.  Going to have to try something else, but this just fell short for me.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73431768]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73431768]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81588142</id>
    <user>
    <id>749238</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/749238-jessica]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1257789296p3/749238.jpg]]></image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">61444</id>
  <isbn>1401203663</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781401203665</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">40</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Sloth]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228131938m/61444.jpg</image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61444.Sloth</link>
  <average_rating>3.30</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>246</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Troubled teenager Miguel Torres has had it with life.  The only alternative he sees is to willfully slip into a coma.  But one year later, Miguel becomes a walking urban legend after he wakes up virtually unchanged -- except for his sloth-like pace.     Soon, a haunted lemon orchard, the mysterious goat man, and murder will collide as Miguel, his girlfriend Lita and their best friend Romeo take on the teenage wasteland that   is suburbia in the 21st century.    <p>Will Miguel find love? Or has he risen from his slumber just to end up another rock and roll suicide? In this hypnotic, coming-of-age tale, Gilbert Hernandez deftly defines what it   means to truly be alive in a land where life is not precious.</p>]]>
  </description>
</book>

    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
    
      <shelf name="read" />
    
          <shelf name="comics" />
          <shelf name="from-the-library" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 20 14:26:56 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 20 14:28:44 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book was interesting for the first third and then totally surprised me by completely changing course. So cool.<br/><br/><br/>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81588142]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81588142]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="graphic-novels" />
          <shelf name="comics" />
          <shelf name="graphic-novel" />
          <shelf name="comix" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="graphic" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=61444</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>