Weetzie Bat (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Summary: so it's not Sweet Valley High...get over it...
Review: I first read Weetzie Bat in 9th grade....and I was almost shocked by how good it was. I know the book's not especially realistic, but it was one of the first I'd ever read that dared to be honest enough to say that sex can be both an enjoyable, natural thing, as well as an incredibly scary, dangerous thing...that someone who's gay could be a kind, funny, foolish normal person...things I'd always sort of suspected, but that no one had ever told me. Besides, even if all that stuff still bothers you, Francesca Lia Block's style is just to incredible to pass up....I don't know how to describe it, but her prose is just so rich and original, you can almost taste it...

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Summary: Love it or hate it, but remember: judge not lest ye be judge
Review: God knows Weetzie Bat has enough reviews already, but I couldn't help myself. This is a beautiful piece of literature, written with a childlike innocence, despite the more mature themes represented, that resounds through the entire thing. The intentions of the main characters are always good; and I respect the fact that they are NOT all perfect moral specimens, who, just like everyone in the real world, I'm sure, have never had sex out of wedlock or with more than one partner in their life. What's so great about Block is that she doesn't preach to teens in her books, a quality that I'm sure any ultra conservative person will abhor, and criticize this book for. I could identify with this book, not because I've lived any of these experiences, and if you expect to identify with every character in every book you read, you're one lacking individual, but because absolutely nobody in this book was always happy or perfect. And human flaw is always more interesting than perfection. So, for all of you virginal (I'm sure), completely truthful, always in the right, all around perfect people, I give you free reign to criticize Weetzie, Dirk, Duck, and My Secret Agent Lover Man's immorality and corruptness. Otherwise, you're just a hypocrite.

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Summary: Weetzie Bat: a little offbeat but still slikster cool
Review: This book would interest anyone who has ever truly enjoyed a fairy tale but longs for an origional plot twist. Block combines modern day hecticness with prose-like imagery, relatable characters, and mystical occurances to create a magical tale unlike any other. Though some will complain that this book contains rediculously relaxed morality, the crazy love triangles are just as unbelivable as the genie that grants Weetzie her three wishes. So I suggest that those of you who like to tear stories apart because they are "offensive" not read it. But if you enjoy it and find that you haven't had enough I personally recomend Witch Baby and Baby Be-Bop because they elaborate on some of Blocks most interesting characters.

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Summary: Poorly written, insipid shallow trash.
Review: A funky L.A. Free Spirit from a dysfunctional family wants a "real baby". So she jumps into bed with two gay lovers and voila--they have a baby. Nobody knows for sure who the real dad is, but that's o.k. because the baby looks like everybody, including Free Spirit Weetzie's Secret Agent Lover Man who takes off and impregnates "Witchy Woman". But that's o.k too, because they all end up living together (including Witch Baby) in a darling little cottage they inherited from Grandma Fifi. How do they support themselves? They made a movie! Everything's rosie for this little crew--including Slinkster Dog and GoGo Girl Dog who have their own happy litter of pups. We'll, not everything is so wonderful--one of the gay guys is also unfaithful and catches AIDS, but what the heck--as Weetzie sums up, " I don't know about happily ever after . . . but I know about happily. . ." The royalties from this book should be donated to Planned Parenthood a! ! nd the Humane Society. No repercussions from irresponsible, casual sex in this delightful fairy tale for teens!

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Summary: Wonderfully written, uplifting, but not for the youngsters
Review: To read this book for the first time is a pleasure. It is refreshing, breezy, and quite unique. You come to love the characters, who are so accepting and open minded and loving to everyone and everything around them. They see the beauty in life that the rest of us often miss. To read this book a second time is bliss. Block's writing is so amazing and beautiful and moving. As an educator, I would highly reccomend this book to upper HS students as well as ADULTS. Due to adult themes, however, youngsters should stay away, for they will surely miss the main theme of the book, which is that with acceptance, you have pure love and happiness.

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Summary: This book was horrendous
Review: The only reason I finished the book was because I had to do it for a Y.A. literature class. There was no substance to the book. The characters were shallow, unreal, immoral, and ridiculous (from their names to their actions). The writing in this book was so superficial, I couldn't even try to get to know them well enough so that I could love them or hate them. I was absolutely indifferent to them, except for the fact that what was being described was so immoral. I wouldn't want any teen to use these characters as a role model. If I could ban this book, I probably would.

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Summary: Romance+Humor+Tradgedy+Artsiness=Weetzie Bat!
Review: This is a fabulous book. The amazing descriptions and liberated characters make a great story. Block's etched-in-stone Weetzie, Dirk, Duck, and all of the other characters are identifiable and good role-model material for a girl or guy who wants to have his or her life a little different.

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Summary: Totallly Cool
Review: I thought this book was wonderful. I'm 13 and I absolutly loved how real it was, to an extent. It was fast, yet very well written! Kudos to Block. I can honestly say it was one of the best books I have ever read.

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Summary: Weetzie, a punk who finds happiness+sorrow w/hip LA friends
Review: Weetzie Bat, a novel about a punky flower child with a sweet caring personality was amazingly fresh and surreally dramatic. Block manages to pull off a (possibly) bad novel into a marvelous fantasyland. One becomes attached to the characters, from Charlie Bat to old Slinkster Dog, and loves every one. Block does an amazing job of bringing the characters to life, while stil posessing an amazing ability to question why someone or something reacted in their own personal way. Weetzie Bat, an amazing novel for all to read and enjoy.

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Summary: Weetzie Bat is a Slinkster Cool read!
Review: A book that whisks you away into the most beautiful place full of cheese and magic and punk and burritos. I only hope i'll be as cool as Weetzie one day with her Secret Agent Lover Man and Dirk and Duck. I loved how frank and cool she was about all the contreversial subjects! This is a must-read for everyone who is open-minded about the world and even for people who normally don't like reading!