C's review
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
Kudra is not Alobar's daughter:
"(Kudra) had been born, eight years earlier, into a caste of incense makers..." (p. 78) She mentions both of her mother and her father when she tells Alobar her story. The book also explains that Wren was murdered a few weeks after Alobar left the citadel, which was eight years earlier, and she was not massively pregnant when Alobar left. So she cannot be Alobar's daughter.
Also, Alobar did not marry Kudra off when she was 15. It was her real father; she is flashing back. She was probably at least 28 when she came to the lamasery.
C's review
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
C's review
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One of my all-time favorite books (perhaps THE all-time) is "Skinny Legs and All," my first (and only) TR book. I refer to my underlined passages of that book more than evangelists refer to their bibles.
I became an instant Robbins fan, I thought. I battled between reading the rest of his works chronologically or by reviews/popularity.
I chose the latter and hungrily heeded the buzz of the salacious Jitterbug Perfume.
The roller coaster began on the first page - oh how I love Robbins, I thought. I was going from the spoon and sock to the beet, and I was ready for it's journey. I couldn't wait for another waitress meeting, either; brilliant, I thought.
Alobar's journey, once established, was predictable, yet entertaining and inspiring. It was not surprising to me that a middle-aged man (or any man) would write elaborately about his male characters' enduring potency, nor was I surprised or offended in the saucy scenes in Alobar's first life as ruler or with P...more
I became an instant Robbins fan, I thought. I battled between reading the rest of his works chronologically or by reviews/popularity.
I chose the latter and hungrily heeded the buzz of the salacious Jitterbug Perfume.
The roller coaster began on the first page - oh how I love Robbins, I thought. I was going from the spoon and sock to the beet, and I was ready for it's journey. I couldn't wait for another waitress meeting, either; brilliant, I thought.
Alobar's journey, once established, was predictable, yet entertaining and inspiring. It was not surprising to me that a middle-aged man (or any man) would write elaborately about his male characters' enduring potency, nor was I surprised or offended in the saucy scenes in Alobar's first life as ruler or with P...more
Kudra is not Alobar's daughter:"(Kudra) had been born, eight years earlier, into a caste of incense makers..." (p. 78) She mentions both of her mother and her father when she tells Alobar her story. The book also explains that Wren was murdered a few weeks after Alobar left the citadel, which was eight years earlier, and she was not massively pregnant when Alobar left. So she cannot be Alobar's daughter.
Also, Alobar did not marry Kudra off when she was 15. It was her real father; she is flashing back. She was probably at least 28 when she came to the lamasery.