jess's review
The Planets
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author!)
Oh man I'm glad you read this! I've had a copy sitting on my shelf for a few months but I've got a weird root for/hate relationship with Ms Boylan so I've been nervous about picking it up.
jess's review
The Planets by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author!)
jess's review
rating:
I started reading this book as part of my recent obsession with Centralia, Pennsylvania. This is a small town that has been home to underground burning coal mines since 1962. Much of the town has been bought out and bulldozed by the government. Oh, this is the nonfiction right here. It is stranger, indeed, than the fiction.
Secondarily, I read this book because it is the work of a trans lady, and it is not about transsexuals! Sometimes transsexuals can write about things that don't have anything to do with being a transsexual. I know, it might be hard to believe this, but she does it!
I like the quirky characters, the weird ways their weird lives tangle and untangle and tangle. it's a little predictable, and the plot relies too much on the weirdness of the setting & characters to push the story along, but the faults are forgivable. Some of the more subtle metaphors and obscure gestures were lost on me. One more thing, the cumulative weirdness made it sometimes difficult t...more
Secondarily, I read this book because it is the work of a trans lady, and it is not about transsexuals! Sometimes transsexuals can write about things that don't have anything to do with being a transsexual. I know, it might be hard to believe this, but she does it!
I like the quirky characters, the weird ways their weird lives tangle and untangle and tangle. it's a little predictable, and the plot relies too much on the weirdness of the setting & characters to push the story along, but the faults are forgivable. Some of the more subtle metaphors and obscure gestures were lost on me. One more thing, the cumulative weirdness made it sometimes difficult t...more
Oh man I'm glad you read this! I've had a copy sitting on my shelf for a few months but I've got a weird root for/hate relationship with Ms Boylan so I've been nervous about picking it up.