Adriana's review
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
Adriana's review
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Adriana's review
rating:
recommended for: women one and all
I think this book can be best summarized by quickly scanning the list of reviews; people love it or they loathe it.
Me? I loved it.
I'll admit that I might be biased in favor of this book simply because I have a fairly unusual set of opposable digits myself. You see, first and foremost, this is a story about thumbs. Well, its is a story about thumbs, cowgirls, body odor, literary theory, feminism, epiphanies, dirty old men, the end of time, sex, psychoanalysis and liberation. But it's mostly about thumbs.
Tom Robbins is a damn good writer, and he knows it. At times, he seems to forget that he's telling a story at all, and instead delves into some other topic that has momentarily caught his interest. In a way, it's almost infuriating the way he can write about whatever he pleases without the slightest worry that you'll put the book down. Then again, you *won't* put the book down. If you have an open mind and are patient with his beautiful but sometimes nonsensical rambl...more
Me? I loved it.
I'll admit that I might be biased in favor of this book simply because I have a fairly unusual set of opposable digits myself. You see, first and foremost, this is a story about thumbs. Well, its is a story about thumbs, cowgirls, body odor, literary theory, feminism, epiphanies, dirty old men, the end of time, sex, psychoanalysis and liberation. But it's mostly about thumbs.
Tom Robbins is a damn good writer, and he knows it. At times, he seems to forget that he's telling a story at all, and instead delves into some other topic that has momentarily caught his interest. In a way, it's almost infuriating the way he can write about whatever he pleases without the slightest worry that you'll put the book down. Then again, you *won't* put the book down. If you have an open mind and are patient with his beautiful but sometimes nonsensical rambl...more
