Tragedy Of Miss Geneva Flowers [Paperback]

Joe Babcock (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers (2004)
• ASIN: B0029E6DLA
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent!, September 20, 2005

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damien "damien" (somewhere over the rainbow) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers (Paperback)

Well, it's interesting how I came across this book. I was at my grandparents over the summer and there wasn't a whole lot to do, so I read. A lot. Anyhow, I was looking for a book of this genre, for a change of pace, and came across Dance, Recover, Repeat (which I cannot personally recommend, seeing that I haven't read it yet, but I've heard it's good). This book was included in a "related books" list, so I checked it out. After reading an excerpt online, I decided it would be worth the money... hopefully. I purchased it on a Friday night, and finished it the next morning before breakfast. I couldn't put it down! Though the plot appears painfully bland, it captures teenage life perfectly. Babcock also has a wonderful way of writing which makes you feel as if you know the characters personally, and in a way, you do. I don't usually get emotional while reading, but this book goes through the happiest and saddest of times, and even I was reaching for a Kleenex every now and then. Anyhow, I personally thought it was an extraordinarily good book and feel slightly disheartened that it was over so fast.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A surprising breath of fresh air, a must read, June 9, 2005

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Daniel C. Freeman "DCF" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers (Paperback)

A dazzling display of prose. Joe Babcock captures a teenaged perspective with surprising detail. In a genre fraught with glamorized sexing, drugging, and debauchery The Tragedy Of Miss Geneva Flowers sheds some much needed light on an important part of gay culture that is so often taken for granted. A surprisingly well written fast paced read that takes us on a wide array of fabulous misadventures, as we follow Erick, who is a realistic breath of fresh air, compared with many gay books with protagonists that seem unnaturally wise for their age or just a little too uninhibited for real life. Erick is a well thought out fully realized depiction of what its like to try to find a place in a world that is often more confused with what to do with young gay people than even they themselves are. This book is worth your time.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the most unusual coming of age novel I've ever read, April 25, 2005

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Andrew "andrew" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Tragedy of Miss Geneva Flowers (Paperback)

I can see why it won a lambda literary award, because this novel defies catagorization and is so wonderfully unpredictable and disturbing and unique. As someone who is from Minneapolis I thought it accurately reflected life in that city in the halcyon days of 1990. I thouroughly enjoyed it.