Geek Love: A Novel (Paperback)
// May 4th, 2009 // Lifestream
Amazon.com Review
A wild, often horrifying, novel about freaks, geeks and other aberrancies of the human condition who travel together (a whole family of them) as a circus. It’s a solipsistic funhouse world that makes “normal” people seem bland and pitiful. Arturo the Aqua-Boy, who has flippers and an enormous need to be loved. A museum of sacred monsters that didn’t make it. An endearing “little beetle” of a heroine. Sort of like Tod Browning’s Freaks crossed with David Lyn (more…)
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite books of all time
Hey, if Chuck Palahniuk recommends this book, then it has to be good…right? I read this in 1990, I believe, right after I graduated high school.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Circus Life And Make Believe
The book is a slow read only because it is full of so much detail mainly about the characters. I am about half way through and it is reminiscent of Water for Elephants so far…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing and Grotesque. Not a forgettable book.
Years after reading this book, Geek Love remains in my mind. How freakish is her tale of freaks. The work is a remarkably dreamt world–interesting, bizarre, and gut-turning at…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bought for college class
This is the sixth book we will read for a college seminar I’m taking. Even though the class won’t begin reading this until the last couple weeks of the semester, I have already…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Freakish & Fun
Katherine Dunn’s novel about a traveling family Freak Show is somewhat disturbing, strange, disgusting, heartbreaking, and should not be passed over.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing.
It’s not that it’s a bad book. It’s that it was so highly recommended that I don’t think it could possibly have lived up to the hype.
3.0 out of 5 stars
I loved it before I hated It
I am still wrestling with my feelings about this book. I loved the first half. Obviously the premise is disturbing and twisted but Dunn somehow managed to make it feel realistic…
5.0 out of 5 stars
So demented, so wonderful
I couldn’t put the book down. Birth defects as performance art. Yep, it’s a sicko alright.
But you know that you want to read it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
geek love is great
dont read it, and hear about how good it is from your friends. or read it and be part of the conversation, and let them know about the parts they missed.
5.0 out of 5 stars
indescribable, amazing,my favorite book of all time. no contest
for lack of better words this book is an incredible read, it was practically glued to my hands the intire time.