Sam's review
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
I can't wait to see you post on this!
-A
Sam's review
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Sam's review
rating:
bookshelves:
funny-satirical
recommended for: Fans of quirky fiction
Breathe properly. Bathe often. Eat your veggies (especially beets). Have lots of sex. These are the keys to staying young and living longer. Oh, and it's all intimately linked with our sense of smell.
At times hysterically funny, at times excruciatingly tedious ("Dannyboy's Theory" at the end made me want to gouge my eyes out with a shrimp fork), this book was, overall, good.
Not great. Not wonderful. Just good.
The book is full of odd characters who are likeable to varying degrees. I liked Marcel and his whale mask. Priscilla was refreshingly goofy. V'lu was intriguing. Alobar and Kudra were funny and real (and very, very old). Pan was an old goat (ha!). And Wiggs Dannyboy was just annoying. (I kept thinking that it would come out that he's not really Irish since he kept losing his accent.)
I was impressed with the amount of imagination that went into contriving the plot. It was very complex and well thought out. And Robbins' talent for metaphor &...more
At times hysterically funny, at times excruciatingly tedious ("Dannyboy's Theory" at the end made me want to gouge my eyes out with a shrimp fork), this book was, overall, good.
Not great. Not wonderful. Just good.
The book is full of odd characters who are likeable to varying degrees. I liked Marcel and his whale mask. Priscilla was refreshingly goofy. V'lu was intriguing. Alobar and Kudra were funny and real (and very, very old). Pan was an old goat (ha!). And Wiggs Dannyboy was just annoying. (I kept thinking that it would come out that he's not really Irish since he kept losing his accent.)
I was impressed with the amount of imagination that went into contriving the plot. It was very complex and well thought out. And Robbins' talent for metaphor &...more
I can't wait to see you post on this!
-A