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Meatworks (2014)

by Jordan Castillo Price(Favorite Author)

3.98 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

JCP Books, LLC

review 1: Fucking brilliant.Honestly, I am so glad Jordan Castillo Price writes the books she does, about characters like Desmond, in places like Riverside.When I talk about JCP's books, I feel like I imagine an evangelist feels when moved by the spirit (or whatever, I'm not up on my religious-speak). I get so excited, so full of anticipation for someone else to read her books, to see what I see, to get that amazing connection to these...Extremely ordinary people.Oh, Corey the rudeboy in his Specials t-shirt and tight pants and hot-ass brogues? I'd have totally cruised him back in the day. And Desmond? With his anxiety and his PTSD and his classic car and his fondness for vodka and his love for fixing broken things and his fear of broken people? Well, let's just say I found him HIGH... moreLY relatable.This is a story about relationships--two in particular, but tangentially at least two or three more. It's also a story about technology and how it complicates our lives and our relationships. It's a story about things (and people) that break and how fixing them doesn't always go as planned. It's a story about desperation, and about longing, about holding on too long to things that are literally gone. It's also about social pressure to either shape up or get so utterly fucked up that you can't relate to society anymore. And how many of us have walked THAT particular tightrope? The haircut and the real job, and the making nice so your family and friends don't leave you or talk shit about you, or break your heart? And how much harder is it to walk the line when the world has been ripped out from underneath you and you're reaching for it with a stump instead of a hand?There is so fucking much brilliance in this book, with it's moments of quiet loveliness interspersed with rage and remorse and a visceral sense that maybe Desmond doesn't have what it takes to make the world a safe space for himself, but that maybe, just maybe, he'll turn out to be stronger than he looks.GAH.Read it.
review 2: The book was well written with a good grasp of punk counter culture. However, I have never been one for overly dramatic losers as main characters and internal dialogues of no consequence drive me batty. Even the ending where the only redemption he may have after his luke warm catharsis is riding his boyfriends coat tails rubs me the wrong way.Admittedly, Woody Allen movies make me want to rip my eyes out so take this review with a grain of salt. less

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