juliabythebeatles's review
challenging
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
This is my favorite book. It's a little dense, and not entirely cohesive, but Rodriguez is such a stunning author and philosophical mind that even his ramblings are life-changing. He reflects on religion and spirituality, on setting and geography, on gender and sexuality, and on all the ways that those facets of our lives connect to form identities and experiences. I would recommend this book to anyone, but especially to any follower of an Abrahamic religion, anyone brown, anyone gay, or anyone particularly interested in the architecture of Las Vegas.
wlotus's review
3.0
I found the book too rambly for my tastes even though many of the anecdotes were interesting. But there seemed to be no flow, and that threw me off. I was constantly asking, "What does this have to do with desert religions and specifically their rejection of LGBT people?" I give it 3 stars because the book wasn't boring, but I can't justify any higher.
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