Vanessa's review
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
I miss you! -grin
Vanessa's review
Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
Vanessa's review
rating:
This was my first Tom Robbins novel, and is still my favorite. I am reading it again because after a TR drought, I tried to read Another Roadside Attraction (my 6th TR I think) and have really not been able to catch on... So I feel like I've forgotten what it was that I like about TR and I'm getting to know him all over again.
For being my first Tom Robbins, I can see now why I started to like him: the epic style, millenia-crossing arcs, the witty metaphors, the dabbling in religious theory... I felt it all to be very refreshing, especially after spending most of my 20s reading chick novels about despair over crappy boyfriends and girl power bringing the man-of-her-dreams right to her door.
Read this book if you:
wonder how anyone can base a novel on beets and perfume,
wonder what happened to Pan,
have an imagination,
and want to laugh.
For being my first Tom Robbins, I can see now why I started to like him: the epic style, millenia-crossing arcs, the witty metaphors, the dabbling in religious theory... I felt it all to be very refreshing, especially after spending most of my 20s reading chick novels about despair over crappy boyfriends and girl power bringing the man-of-her-dreams right to her door.
Read this book if you:
wonder how anyone can base a novel on beets and perfume,
wonder what happened to Pan,
have an imagination,
and want to laugh.
I miss you! -grin