The Savage Girl
Registered by freesia of Perth City, Western Australia Australia on 3/24/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
6 journalers for this copy...
This is about the dark side of consumer culture. Ursula takes a job as a trend-spotter, hunting for the latest cool things and fashions among urban youth. However, her inspiration for a new campaign, the wild "savage girl" goes wrong when her schizophrenic model sister Ivy becomes its poster girl. Suddenly mental illness becomes cool. This was odd and disturbing, but kept me interested because I wanted to know what weird twist it would take next.
Picked up at the breakfast meetup this morning. Freesia's description of this sounded really interesting.
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A *very* odd book. It's one of those books you get to the end of and you're not sure whether you enjoyed reading it or not. Some interesting (and scarey!) ideas about how we are manipulated by marketing, but the plot was a bit disjointed at times, and I never felt much sympathy for any of the characters. As freesia says, though, you have to keep reading it just to see where it will go next!
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Given to another bookcrosser at the Dunedin meetup on Saturday.
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It's been over three years since I got this book, I wanted to read it but I haven't gotten around to it, and since I'm clearing out my shelves I'm going to release it unread a.s.a.p.
Journal Entry 6 by octopusgrrl at ~~~ ♥ ~~~ A Friend ~~~ ♥ ~~~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Released 14 yrs ago (12/9/2008 UTC) at ~~~ ♥ ~~~ A Friend ~~~ ♥ ~~~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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Sent to ciloma in Spirit Lake, ID :)
Sent to ciloma in Spirit Lake, ID :)
Found this one - along with two others! - in my mailbox yesterday. THANX OctopusGrrl!!
I finished this one a few days ago and forgot to journal it. Sorry. What a strange book. I caught myself wondering just why I continued to read it and dlike another reader - I waqnted to know what came next. Quite a statement about the consumer.
Reserved for guinaveve
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On its way to guinaveve. Enjoy!!
On its way to guinaveve. Enjoy!!
Thanks! This looks great, very interesting. Reading the summary reminds me of a book by Scott Westerfeld that I liked, So Yesterday, so I am eager to read this.
It was an good story told in a a weird way, making the book just okay. I had bigger expectations for it after reading the back cover.
To be released in the "Award Winning" bookbox. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001
Released 12 yrs ago (8/2/2010 UTC) at
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If you are the finder of this book, welcome to the site. Please make a journal entry so that I know it has been picked up and found. To do so is free and you can do it anonymously. You can read the book or not, keep it, pass it on to someone else you think might enjoy it, or leave it in a public place like I did.
Chosen from Tabby-cat-owner's Award Winning Bookbox.
I concur absolutely with freesia, FutureCat and ciloma: I kept reading this just to find out where the next weird twist would take us. It's certainly imaginative, and I feel it does work as a dark vision of marketing and consumerism. Personally, my favorite element was the location of the mythical city on the edge of a volcano. It's a great visual, and I would have liked to have seen it used more in the book.
Journal Entry 17 by JudySlump612 at Red Cross Blood Donor Center - 505 W 98th St. in Bloomington, Minnesota USA on Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Released 12 yrs ago (10/26/2010 UTC) at Red Cross Blood Donor Center - 505 W 98th St. in Bloomington, Minnesota USA
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On shelves in donor canteen.
