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I read a review that described this as "zany and fun," but I guess we're allowed to have differences of opinion about what's funny. A woman with painful social anxieties struggles to deal with truly disturbed relatives, and comes within a hair of developing sepsis from a neglected stab wound. I kept hoping something positive would happen to her, but the closest she got to that was the absence of immediate catastrophes.The book felt like an invitation to heartburn to me.

hfrieling's review against another edition

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3.0

2.5 stars: really weird, skimmed thru the middle bc it was boring

spracci's review against another edition

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5.0

This book was full of madcap adventures, insane characters, and had me laughing and wincing throughout. Only criticism is I wanted it to keep going! Audiobook recommended.

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4.0

What a weird, kooky book. The things that bothered me about PORTABLE VEBLEN (namely, feeling like I was reading a pretty standard story before it went off the rails) didn't concern me with this one, perhaps because from page one I knew this book was just going to be wild. I tried to describe the plot to my husband and then got to the point where I said, "and then we go to Australia," and he said, "Wait, what? This is the same book?"

I found this super entertaining and weird and strange. When I finished it I thought there's no way that I'm going to read something as interesting as this for a long time.

That said, I have no idea how to sell it.

phillytreat's review against another edition

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DNF

imogenliscoe's review

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2.0

Arguably I did read this, but I have no idea what happened. What a waste of time.

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