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Stupid Children (2013)

by Lenore Zion(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0983693269 (ISBN13: 9780983693260)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Emergency Press

review 1: This was just... weird. The writing is dry and sparse. Characters are all lacking in emotion even though the subject matter is very emotional. The cult is ridiculously confusing. I was also a bit annoyed that the West Memphis 3 was classified as a cult by the main character. I get an opportunity for discussion with the author so maybe I'll get more of her perspective. Right now, not really sold on Stupid Children.
review 2: This was the latest selection of The Nervous Breakdown Book Club, and with all the talk about it, I was glad to dig in. The story is interesting for sure (a lighter, gentler version of the cult focus of someone like Brian Evenson), but I think the novel could have benefited from a tighter edit. There are sentences which seem unnecessarily... more cumbersome, and patches of vocabulary strangely standing out. Maybe it's just the editor in us though, or our taste in style. Maybe. Ah well, not all of them can be absolute winners. less

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