Geek Love : A Novel

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Summary: Addictive. Highly Recomended
Review: I was told to READ THIS BOOK by a very intelligent and very cool friend of mine. Okay sure, I thought. But she was right. K. Dunn weaves a story that is more than it seems. Each character is more than a unique indivual. Going beyond simple personality quirks and physical apperance this novel makes us see how we are all not norms, how we relate to our family, or freinds and the world we are thrown into. this book rawks.

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Summary: A Real Page-Turner (And a Stomach-Turner, Too)
Review: Warped, outlandish, and wicked. WOW

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Summary: A strange tale, but then I like them like that.
Review: What I foud most interesting about this book was not the story, but rather the writing style and the unusual vocabulary. From the first paragraph I found myself rereading certain phrases wondering what on earth they might mean. If you enjoy bizarre stories written about weird people in a strange language (as I do), then you're in for a great read!

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Summary: One of the finest pieces of originality ever written!
Review: I bought "Geek Love" kind of on a whim, and it turned out to be one of the 3 best novels I have ever read. Dunne's storytelling and plot are unlike any other ever written...graphic, disturbing, and truly amazing, but not for the close-minded or ignorant.

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Summary: One of my best suprizes this year...
Review: Geek Love was written in a style that is anything but generic. Katherine Dunn has an open imagination in which anything can happen. The story of this family is one I will never forget.

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Summary: A frightening and brilliant look at our pathetic race
Review: Hands down one of THE most extraordinary tales of the quirks of humanity ever written...it is sad, and beautiful, and horrifying and real and fantastical and pathetic and awakening....this book grabbed me in the first few pages and stayed with me for a long time after reading it!!

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Summary: Dunn before, Dunn better
Review: It's pretty easy to see what Katherine Dunn is trying to do here, but unfortunately she doesn't make it. Any one of the themes "explored" in this wannabe shocker can be better appreciated in other sources -- for example, John Irving's _The World According to Garp_ , or any of the early John Waters films. Both Irving and Waters treat their subject matter with a sensitivity and compassion than seems greatly lacking in _Geek Love_, with the result that this novel ends up affecting your stomach more than your heart. The only thing that kept me from giving it just one star is the occasional witticism from Arturo, who uses scatalogical and anatomical epithets in a clever way. Otherwise, it's just pornography, which I guess is okay if that's what you're looking for -- though I prefer my porn straight, without the pseudo-philosophical trappings.

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Summary: Fascinating, creative, wonderful, horrible story!
Review: My book club read this book and what an interesting discussion it caused! Everyone liked it (or loved it!). Although not beautifully written, with characters you probably won't care for or about, there is never a dull moment in the lives of the Binewski's or at their Carnival Fabulon. (And you think YOU came from a dysfunctional family!) ANYONE can see a little of themselves and many people they know in this story of a family of true freaks.

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Summary: Fabulous!
Review: I can only say I'm looking for more! Terrific story.

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Summary: One of the most incredible books I have ever read.
Review: When I received a copy of Geek Love as a gift, I held no high hopes for it. As I began reading, I was absolutely entranced. By the time I was a hundred pages into it, I knew I would never forget it. The style and language with which it is written made my heart sing and my jaw drop. The world that Dunn creates is unlike any I have encountered, and I found myself wishing it were real. I feel as if I lived with these characters: Oly, Artie, Iphy, Elly, the Chick...they are all indelibly etched into my brain. It is uncommon to see the full scope of human behavior in a work. Geek Love has it, from intensely lovely to unspeakably hideous. Dunn has a hold on every nuance of her wonderful characters, and they in turn have a hold on my imagination that will not fade anytime soon.