Liz's review
Skinny Legs and All
by Tom Robbins
Liz's review
Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins
Liz's review
rating:
I started and stopped reading this book about 20 times. Eventually, maybe about 100 pages in, I decided to forget about it. The whole thing with the inanimate objects just turned me off, and I felt like the story itself with Ellen Cherry Charles just seemed to be dragging on, nothing interesting was happing anymore. I guess I was looking for more action.
But, I spoke to a friend who's also a Tom Robbins lover, and he couldn't believe I had put the book down. He told me that his take on Robbins giving life to inanimate objects was the opposite - he was totally amused and therefore captivated by it.
I thought maybe I wasn't giving Robbins enough credit. I picked up the book again and read on from where I had left off (though more than a year had passed, I didn't really need to turn back and remind myself about anything - like I said, not too much action had happened yet). Finally, I got into the book. I read it through to the end and grew fond of the characters. Particularly ...more
But, I spoke to a friend who's also a Tom Robbins lover, and he couldn't believe I had put the book down. He told me that his take on Robbins giving life to inanimate objects was the opposite - he was totally amused and therefore captivated by it.
I thought maybe I wasn't giving Robbins enough credit. I picked up the book again and read on from where I had left off (though more than a year had passed, I didn't really need to turn back and remind myself about anything - like I said, not too much action had happened yet). Finally, I got into the book. I read it through to the end and grew fond of the characters. Particularly ...more
