Warriors of the Rainbow - A. D. Harvey

one sentence summary:
this was a really fucked up story.

review:
I think I liked this book... maybe... I am not really sure. It was a short read and the imagery was well done and very strong. It was a really weird book, it left me shaking my head in confusion. The writing was great but the story was so disjointed. I recommend this is you miss that WTF feeling you got from reading Geek Love.

4/10

The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

one sentence summary:
A woman suffering from depression is treated with isolation and fresh country air by her doctor husband, it does not end well.

Review:
Ok, I know this is a short story, you can read it here http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952 it is only 6000 words long. Originally published in 1892 it tells the story of a woman who is suffering from depression and they way that women's illnesses were treated at that time. Wonderfully written in the first person it follows the decent into madness that isolation and boredom can bring on. I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. It is well written, uses great vocabulary and nicely illustrates a low point in women's history.

10/10

Angelfall - Susan Ee

one sentence summary
Angels have been sent to earth to destroy the modern world. A true apocalypse.

review
I was surprised at how well written and well thought out this book was. It is categorized as young adult but has more violence than the Hunger Games series by far. The plot is enthralling and fast paced. The characters are very sympathetic (I dare say I feel more for Penryn (this book) than I did for Katniss (hunger games)) and well written. The novel also touches on mental illness and some of the less glamorous aspects of a post-apocalypse world that most novels skim over.  If this quote makes you squeamish I do not recommend you read this book, "six butter knives stick out of his chest in a circular pattern. Someone has drawn a powder-pink lipstick pentagram with the knives at the end of the points. Blood bubbles up...My mother is safe. She has purposely missed his heart, and he will slowly bleed to death." I highly recommend this novel to anyone who still want's to read it after reading the above quote. It is beautiful and haunting, violent and full of compassion. It is an all around good read.

8/10

Geek Love - Katherine Dunn

This book made me shake my head and go WTF so many times it can't possibly be a bad book. The back of the book says it all: "the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out–with the help of amphetamine, arsenic, and radioisotopes–to breed their own exhibit of human oddities." The book was just as weird as it sounds. Really well written and it made you genuinely care for the genetic freaks and take sides in the family feud. You will laugh with them, you will laugh at them, and they will make you want to cry (from pity most likely). I would recommend this book if you like weird books or family sagas and don't mind a bit of weirdness. (also not recommended if you are sensitive about anything at all or easily offended and/or don't like being offended)

7/10 (umm... Family Saga I guess...)

If you enjoyed this you are just as disturbed as me and I have no recommendations because I have never read anything like it. I'm sorry.