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A review by outspokenlibrarian
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra Kleeman
2.0
This book is . . . so many things. But I'm not sure which ones are good.
This is, at bottom, a satire. Formal published reviews make references to Pynchon, which I cannot speak to, as I have not read any of his works yet.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine aims a skewer at consumerism, mass media, body image, and . . . cults. The question is whether it does this effectively and I have to say that I'm not sure.
Portions of this were weird in a way I can appreciate, such as the commercials for the snack cake that become a point upon which some of the plot revolves around. However, I felt it took a long time to get to the main point, and I'm left unclear about what that point is. Reading that the author has a degree in Rhetoric makes the picture a little clearer - but only as to why it's written this way.
That being said, there are some isolated passages in here that I really enjoyed, and the author is obviously talented. This just wasn't the book for me.
This is, at bottom, a satire. Formal published reviews make references to Pynchon, which I cannot speak to, as I have not read any of his works yet.
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine aims a skewer at consumerism, mass media, body image, and . . . cults. The question is whether it does this effectively and I have to say that I'm not sure.
Portions of this were weird in a way I can appreciate, such as the commercials for the snack cake that become a point upon which some of the plot revolves around. However, I felt it took a long time to get to the main point, and I'm left unclear about what that point is. Reading that the author has a degree in Rhetoric makes the picture a little clearer - but only as to why it's written this way.
That being said, there are some isolated passages in here that I really enjoyed, and the author is obviously talented. This just wasn't the book for me.