Like the other book of theirs I've read (Sterling Karat Gold) this is a book where I can so easily see someone hating it and not getting anything out of it - stuff just Happens and it's more about the imagery and feelings and there's some stuff that's just like, straight quotes/references to Theory - but somehow it just connected with me a lot. They really write well about the experience of Being in Britain, being queer, the hostility and also decrepitness of it all. ( )

Doing some innovative stuff well (bringing theory/metacommentary into a fictional text, distinctive voice), and thrillingly unreal and real at the same time. But with things like this I have a tough time wondering if the obliqueness is really ideal, or if it is a way around the harder work of filling things in believably. ( )

I've never read anything else by Waidner but that will change very soon. More than anything this is a **very** funny novel. After the first chapter I couldn't put it down and by the time I got to yelp reviews for the worst zoo ever I realized I read much too fast (sorry not sorry).

I'll definitely be taking another pass soon (and looking for Waidner's other work). There is a lot going on in these 105 pages and as entertaining as the first pass was there were aspects I'm certain I need more time to absorb. ( )

I've never read anything else by Waidner but that will change very soon. More than anything this is a **very** funny novel. After the first chapter I couldn't put it down and by the time I got to yelp reviews for the worst zoo ever I realized I read much too fast (sorry not sorry).

I'll definitely be taking another pass soon (and looking for Waidner's other work). There is a lot going on in these 105 pages and as entertaining as the first pass was there were aspects I'm certain I need more time to absorb. ( )