Libba Bray
Hardcover | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 3.65 | 30804 Users | 3886 Reviews
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| Title | : | Going Bovine |
| Author | : | Libba Bray |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
| Published | : | September 22nd 2009 by Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. Contemporary. Teen. Adventure |
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Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.
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| Original Title: | Going Bovine |
| ISBN: | 0385733976 (ISBN13: 9780385733977) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Dulcie, Balder, Cameron Smith, Jena Smith, Paul Ignacio “Gonzo” Gonzales |
| Literary Awards: | Michael L. Printz Award (2010), The Inky Awards Nominee for Silver Inky (2010), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009), The Inky Awards Shortlist for Silver Inky (2010) |
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Ratings: 3.65 From 30804 Users | 3886 ReviewsCommentary Of Books Going Bovine
Fun and funny enough to have kept me going to the end, but geez, Bray, in line with her name, paints with a broad brush. She gets by on brashness, and tosses out anything that is even close to subtle. Forget about nuance with 'Going Bovine.'The premisesixteen-year-old slacker from severely dysfunctional family gets mad cow disease and goes on hallucinatory quest to find Dr. X and save the universe with hypochondriac midget, talking gnome lawn ornament, and riot-grrrl angel as sidekicksshould2 it's not you, it's me stars. Going Bovine is a comedy jam-packed with philosophy; unfortunately, the comedy aspect is a total fail in my book. There's no reason to hate this book; in fact, I absolutely understand how it could appeal to many. But only if the humor works for you. Unfortunately, the humor style and I don't click. Whether you like this book is entirely dependent on whether you like the humor. I personally found the jokes more cringeworthy than funny. Yes, there are interesting
I had no idea what to expect with Going Bovine by Libba Bray, but I knew I was in good hands no matter what with Libba Bray. While it's totally worth picking up, but it's completely weird and unexpected in the best of ways. If you enjoyed the style and tone of Bray's Beauty Queens, I have a feeling you'll like this as well.
This book was funny, sad, and thought-provoking. I have to say this is probably one of the best teen books I've read in a while. And I agree with what Bray's husband said in his review; "this is one of the funniest books I've ever read, and will break your heart at the same time. "The beginning starts off with Cameron in High School. He's an outcast and is pretty apathetic about life. Then he starts to have hallucinations and loses control of his body at times. His parents think he's doing drugs
Bray takes on the great Don Quixote and delivers more than a modern satire. She gives us a wild ride worthy of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz that is not only fun and hilarious but moving and exceptionally written. This novel is a monumental undertaking and somehow Bray accomplishes it.In the beginning, I found Cameron wholly unrelatable, but Bray is so witty and has such a way with sarcastic metaphors and sneaking in description so you see and smell and hear and feel the book without
Wow! What a wild ride! Beautiful and sad.Cameron is leading a boring teenage life; doesn't really fit in and doesn't really seem to care. He's mostly just going through the motions of life without really thinking about what matters to him or what his future holds. Then, after having halucinations, he's diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease and that's when things get interesting. The pieces of his memories, random thoughts from his life are scrambled with physics and philosophy, reality and alternate
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