I picked up this book because I am absolutely in love with the movie Lost and Delirious, which is based on this book. The book is so different from the movie... they're both creepy, but this book just blew me away. ( )

I really liked this book. I was glad I was forced to read it in University.
It was good. It has topics in it that most people never want to think about let alone openly read about. It was perfect.
I was also pretty heartbroken when JFK died. I got so attached to the characters and the time period it was written in. ( )

Catchy story about quirky students at a girl's boarding school, with some weird plot twists. The main character has a polio "hump" that she names Alice, she thinks JFK is her surrogate father, her roommate wants a sex change, and she gets caught up in an erotic cult that worships King Kong! The gender issues and paths to self-discovery are novell for a coming of age story but it is a little too whacky at times. ( )

Well written. Hits you where it counts. Beautiful. ( )