Monday, June 29, 2009

the LAST Tom Robbins book I will ever read

This is the LAST Tom Robbins book I will ever read. The first book I read of his was Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and I loved it. It was quirky but was a fun loving, feminist adventure story. Unfortunately the movie sucked but I really did love the book. Because I liked the book so much I decided to read Still Life with Woodpecker and I absolutely hated it! Tom Robbins is a male chauvinist that presents himself as a feminist, in touch with his sexuality. I think it is total bullshit. And, it’s not that I am offended with his books, and his characters putting leaves up their asses or whatever sexual detail he wants to include it just never seems to add anything to the story. It always seems as though he is shooting for shock value, and it’s not shocking. It is ineffective. Though I hated Still Life with Woodpecker I guess I was looking for another Even Cowgirls so I tried Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas –wtf?! It wasn’t as bad as Still Life but still wtf? And for two reasons 1) my husband said it was Tom Robbin’s best book and 2) because I enjoy pain I decided to read Jitterbug Perfume. Does TR actually believe all of this shit? Does he make this shit up? This book just made me angry.

So, in conclusion Jitterbug Perfume is the last Tom Robbins book I will ever read. I can with great certainty say TR sucks and I don’t like him.

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