Going Bovine in Ask Libba Bray - Special One-Day-Only Group

Jan 18, 2010 Brandy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bildungsroman, teen, boy-books, 2010, unreliable-narrator, mentalhealth

I gotta say, I don't entirely know why more people don't absolutely love this book. And I really don't understand the people who say it's boring. It's not--there's so much going on here, even besides the road trip. It's meditations on friendship and romance and being on one's own and figuring out what everything means, but without getting maudlin about it. On some level, Cameron knows what's really happening, even if he's not making sense of it just yet. How a book about a teenager dying of Mad ...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Jay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, slis-5420

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Apr 10, 2010 Julia rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, magical-realism, humor, ya, based-on-folksong-myth

This very hard to describe amazing YA novel, a quest story with two teens, except is there a quest or is it all hallucination-- or does it matter?-- Cameron who is dying of Creutzfeldt- Jakob BSE disease, Gonzo is a hypochondriac dwarf, who also travel with a lawn gnome who is Balder, the second son of Odin, and they get some of their marching orders from a cute punk angel named Dulcie, and it’s about physics, time travel and black holes. The first sentence: “The best day of my life happened whe ...more

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Oct 07, 2010 Brittany rated it really liked it

AWESOME

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Aug 11, 2009 Emily rated it really liked it

Shelves: ya

4.5 stars. Wow, kind of epic. A realistic/surreal work of fiction that is both hilarious and thought-provoking. The premise may be dark (Cameron has (incurable) mad cow disease), but his quest to find a cure is funny and touching and filled with hope (even during moments of despair). Going Bovine is like a crazy John Green/Daniel Pinkwater mash-up and each of the 480 pages is worth reading.

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Feb 16, 2010 Juwi rated it it was amazing

FLIPPING INCREDIBLE. slightly confusing at first but it all gets lceared up eventually. but damn what a roller coaster of a read. i love LIBBA BRAY- she is a truly fabulous writer and her books are full of ingenuity and awesomeness.

my fave quote from the book:
'in a world like this one, only the random makes sense.'
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Apr 13, 2010 Michelle rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult

Loved this! I am a parent of teenagers and one is currently battling a medical problem. This book really connected with me and helped me think about life's expectations differently. Thank you!
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