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Summary: Simply Brilliant...
Review: As usual, Francesca Lia Block out-does herself in this sumptously glittery beautifully done work of metrulicious. Not only teens will apply to Echo's character, but also anyone else who feel that they're confined to only one talent, and anyone else who feels lonely in this gritty world. EVERYBODY SHOULD READ THIS!!
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Summary: Echo- less like Violet and Claire, more like Weetzie
Review: Echo reminds me more of FLB's earlier work, especially The Hanged Man. It is beautiful and full of magical realism like her others. A few of the characters are almost identical to ones in other books by her, but she can make anything new. Echo was worth the wait!
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Summary: Well...
Review: ... I really *do* think it's time to get rid of the "young adult writer" label. Sure, Francesca Lia Block's stories are great for teens et al, but this gem of a novel (darker than dark and outrageously uplifting at the same time) can't get confused with the crappy titles that overflood the kiddie lit corner. I mean, Francesca's a unique author with a dazzling vision. Plus, I'm enjoying her works as a wee-begone thirtysomething (and I'm positive I'm not the only one).
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Summary: Wow
Review: This was my very first time reading a novel by Francessca Lia Block.She is not your average writer. She weaves the supernatural with magical reality. This is unlike any novel I have ever read and, I must say this book was beautiful. I enjoyed it because it made me think and kept me interested.
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Summary: GREAT!!!
Review: this story is really good with the story of Echo. A girl with an eating disorder and weird parents but I feel that almost all of the other characters paled in comparision next to Echo. And the story ended to abrubtly. And the end some character developments grow deeper and it just STOPS. That was so annoying. I wished for atleast thirty more pages or so. Give us an Echo volume two Ms Block.
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Summary: liquid and beautiful
Review: I'm a 19 year old reader currently studying photography and philosophy, after switching over from a creative writing major. I've always loved Francescia Lia Block; she helped me through high school, and continues to brighten some of the more taxing (read: increasingly boring) days of my "adult transitional" years. Her work is young, and fresh, overflowing with imagry, constantly maturing, and a safe house for young girls everywhere. She was my halfway house inbetween highschool and college. Ok, that said, now let's get serious. i'm going to assume that you already read the summary above, so i'm not going to mess with re-telling that; if you want to know what the book's about scroll up a few, kay? I am coming to believe more and more that while Francescia's work is shelved in the YA section of Barnes and Noble, it's really meant for an audiance of sweet 16's to early twenty-something women who are educated and have good reading comprehension skills. Especially her newer work (Echo, Wasteland). Echo can be confusing to some readers who, unfortunately enough, are simply not ready for drastic shifts in character view point and writing style (to help the reader clue into a new character's voice). It can be difficult to catch a lot of Francescia's more subtle techniques, especially for more inexperiances readers. I wouldn't reccomend this book to someone who wasnt in highschool yet, for example, unless she had an inordinate amount of comprehension skills. And also, it's important to note that no matter your reading skill, a second read will open this book up to you even more. I also wouldnt reccomend this book to anyone who is thinking of buying their child something "cute and girly" for christmas, thinking this is some kind of Harriet the Spy-type novel. It isnt. This book, as well as all of Francescia's other books, contain subject matter that some people consider innapropriate to share with their children. Topics discussed include things like: rape, drugs, sex, child abuse, incest (her latest), alcohol, loneliness, suicide, depression, etc. But never in a way that made me afraid, or upset, or that i didnt feel that i could deal with it. It's also important to note that the author never actually encourages any of these actions, she often shows them in a light that is less than flattering, to put it mildly. And also, just quick-like, i'd like to mention that i grew up in the city. Parents, if your kids grew up in even a "sheltered household" the way that i did, but still in the city, or with internet access, or anyway out of the house at all, chances are that they already know about this stuff. And have questions, yes, and would like answers. Francescia was always a positive influance to me, never a negative one. I think that you can trust your children with her. Ok, now for a quick blurb on the actual book: it's amazing. Beautiful, easy for me to identify with, a very mature book from one of my favorite authors. The text flows like liquid form one word to the next, it was interesting to feel Francescia experimenting within her medium, and i enjoyed every second of the time that i got to spend reading this fantastic story. It is NOT empty, vapid, without plot, or any of the other horrible things some people ( read people that probably read it before they had the skills nessecary to understand it) seem to have to say about it. And excellent book, one that i would most heartily reccomend for a good read, and then a cozy re-read afterwards. Cupid boy lifegaurd man is my favorite. Enjoy.
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