A review by mangofran
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
4.0
My friend was hyping this book up and talking about how much representation was inside, so I just had to take a peek! I'm glad I did. It's a little 'childish' for my tastes, at least humor-wise, but in terms of subject matter? This book is very mature. It was really interesting to see the characters struggle with themselves and not necessarily OVERCOMING their disabilities, but learning to live with them regardless of what other people think.
I thought the cheesy (and sometimes gross-out) humor would leak into the more emotional scenes and ruin them, but I was totally wrong. Props to the author for being real with the audience like that. In a post Marvel world, it's pretty rare to come across any fiction that doesn't involve a gross amount of meta humor.
Overall, very informative and fun book. Maybe not my style 100%, but I still loved it and glad I picked it up.
I thought the cheesy (and sometimes gross-out) humor would leak into the more emotional scenes and ruin them, but I was totally wrong. Props to the author for being real with the audience like that. In a post Marvel world, it's pretty rare to come across any fiction that doesn't involve a gross amount of meta humor.
Overall, very informative and fun book. Maybe not my style 100%, but I still loved it and glad I picked it up.