Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys

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Summary: "Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys" - my review
Review: This being the fifth book I've read by Francesca Lia Block, I thoroughly enjoyed it as I do with all of Block's books I've read. Although, "Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys" was definitely a little more on the depressing side compared to her other books.

"Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys" is about how Cherokee, With Baby, Raphael, and Angel Juan have to live on their own while the adults are gone making a movie with My Secret Agent Lover Man. Coyote is supposed to take care of them, but he doesn't help much.

I really liked this book because of how it deals with the four young teenagers growing up and learning about some scary things the hard way. When the four start a band call the Goat Guys, the experience opens up a door full of drugs, alcohol, sex, fame, and love in all of the wrong places. This is where the depression comes in. It was hard to read about how these teenagers' lives just kept going down and down. Cherokee tried to help, but by giving everyone in the rooms gifts that Coyote helped her make, she only opens up the door of trouble even more. Throughout the book, Cherokee struggles to keep everyone together in the happy family they once were.


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Summary: enjoyable continuation of series
Review: All in all an enjoyable continuation of the Weetzie Bat series, but I could have used more of the initial characters. On the other hand, using the younger characters does make the book more accesible to teenage readers.

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Summary: Gotta love Ms. Block
Review: Any work by Francesca Lia Block has always managed to fill me with satisfaction and joy. Every one of her books is beautifully creative. This one in particular comes in the middle of her Weetzie Bat series and is just as wonderful as each other book in the collection. It has a focus on musical magic and teenage problems (such as love, drinking, smoking, etc) that just about everyone can relate to and understand. Pick up the whole series (5 books) and read them -- you won't regret it.

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Summary: The best fiction books out there!
Review: Block's Weetzie Bat series are the finest fiction books I have ever read. I am a young doctoral student in literature and had been feeling tremendously burned out until I found Block's series. I loved these books. They spashed cool soothing water on my face.

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Summary: flows like honey and smells like lily of the valley
Review: Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys is a womderful story about first love, sex, and growing up in L.A. It combines fantasy and Native American magic into a spinning, twisting, screaming book. It's pure poetry.

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Summary: Heartfelt
Review: Francesca Lia Block's books aren't exactly set in the most idyllic atmosphere. Her books are set in New York City or Los Angeles, and sex and drugs are always undertones of the story. But somehow, Block's description of the big city seems to suggest a completely different atmosphere, one of nature and beauty. That and the awesome characters of the stories penetrate the harshness and business that potentially resides in these cities otherwise. Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys, for all it's drugs, sex, and disturbed emotions, remains the most heartfelt book I have read this summer. But it must be noted that if you want to read this, you'd better read Weetzie Bat and Witch Baby first. Those two will give you a sufficient introduction to the characters. I think there's another book in between Witch Baby and CGG, but I haven't read it :). This, I think, is a book for the Francesca Lia Block fan to cherish.

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Summary: A great FLB!
Review: I love FLB, and the "Dangerous Angels" series. This is a great example of her writing, and story telling skills. I just gave it three stars because I'm not much of a Cherokee fan. In this installment: Cherokee, Witch Baby, Angel Juan, and Raphel start a band "The Goat Guys". There great, and slinkster cool. But-Cherokee decides-they just need something for there confidence. So she goes to Coyote for help(there "parents" are out of the country filming a movie.) He helps her, but one thing leads to another...and a member nearly dies. Coyote steps in then....A great read, but be sure to read them in order.

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Summary: Different. . . . .
Review: I would have to say that this is another great work of art from Block, i havn't seen or read anything like it since Catcher in the Rye!It is beautifuly detailed, and has a superb use of words that tells their own story along with the book.It is so enchanting and mezmorizing that you wont want to put it down!It pulls you in with the words and squeezes you until you burst with rays of light!It makes you look deep inside yourself and see who you really are and were. It describes LA through a teenage personality with smoking and drinking and always getting into messes,It has everything that a book should have; love,drugs,sorrow,jealousy... it will amaze you and make you want to read it over and over again... i strongly sugjest having this book, along with the rest of the series: Weetzy Bat,Witch Baby, Missing Angel Juan, and Baby Be-Bop, which i have all read. Get it ! You'll LOVE it!

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Summary: New Age Indian Magic
Review: I would have to say that this is another great work of art from Block, i havn't seen or read anything like it since Catcher in the Rye!It is beautifuly detailed, and has a superb use of words that tells their own story along with the book.It is so enchanting and mezmorizing that you wont want to put it down!It pulls you in with the words and squeezes you until you burst with rays of light!It makes you look deep inside yourself and see who you really are and were. It describes LA through a teenage personality with smoking and drinking and always getting into messes,It has everything that a book should have; love,drugs,sorrow,jealousy... it will amaze you and make you want to read it over and over again... i strongly sugjest having this book, along with the rest of the series: Weetzy Bat,Witch Baby, Missing Angel Juan, and Baby Be-Bop, which i have all read. Get it ! You'll LOVE it!

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Summary: not francesca's best work.
Review: i'm a huge francesca lia block fan and i was actually rather disappointed by this book. it seemed like it was forced as opposed to flowing like the rest of her books... i also found witch baby rather forced, although i loved weetzie bat and baby bebop. i suppose everyone has their bad days, or weeks or however long, though.