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Liarmouth by John Waters

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gillyking's review

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

sbn42's review

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3.0

It's John Waters, what do you expect? The book is vulgar, gross, disgusting and completely crazy, but in a good way. A serial suitcase thief/con artist rips off her mother, who has a dog with species-identity issues, and her daughter, who is a member of a radical outlaw trampoline group, in a quest to kill her ex-husband. Yes, it is mostly hilarious. Unfortunately, it ran about three or four chapters too long in a final bus ride to a most boring conclusion.

If you have never seen a John Waters film, you will have a hard time with his novel.

I wanted to give it 4 stars, but rounded down to 3, due to the rough ending.

criminolly's review

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4.0

Well that was disgusting. Four stars.

kmaller's review

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I dipped at the animal plastic surgery clinic, it's too much

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briannafenty's review

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

laura_bower's review

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5.0

John Waters at his best, never actually read any of his fiction before, only seen the films, but the whole ethos and style translates so well to a different medium and allows one to linger over the filthy and derisive insaneness