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Baby Geisha by Trinie Dalton

kell_xavi's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 and hard to rate because it was a mix of 4-5 star and 1-2 star pieces.

A sort of fun, kitschy, feminist, eccentric, ironic, pop culture-drug-&-sex-fueled, highly self-aware and brilliant book.

Top pieces were:
Jackpot (I) - honeymoon jealousy
Word Salad - vignettes made of sharp and wonderful lines

Instead of letting the landscape blur into green hilly strips, I focus my eyes on specific bloomers, following them the whole split second they're in my view. This is how I hunt flowers while driving. (46)

I have the urge to walk slowly back and forth through this rainbow tunnel of textiles, huffing colour. (49)

Hairpin Scorpion - camping while high
Baby Geisha - on sex, relationships, and the desire for children
Shrub of Emotion - about a marijuana plant that speaks

Wet Look, Millenium Chill, and The Sad Drag Monologues in their entirety (though some, like Orange and Scarlet Gilia, were better than others) were worth reading. The rest kind of sucked, or and least, didn't work for me.

werdfert's review against another edition

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2.0

two stars sounds negative. but i really thought what the pop-up says when you hover over it: it was ok.
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