{"id":1193,"date":"2014-10-21T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2015-06-15T17:37:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T00:37:25","slug":"going-bovine-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2014\/going-bovine-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Bovine — teen review"},"content":{"rendered":"

–review by Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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Going Bovine<\/em> by Libba Bray<\/h2>\n

\"five-stars\"<\/p>\n

This is the story of how Cameron Smith, a disappointment to all teen, somehow finds himself diagnosed with Mad Cow Disease (hence the title) and journeys across America with a dwarf who has a crippling sense of paranoia, a lawn gnome who claims to be an ancient Norse god, and an angel who no one else can see to find the cure.<\/p>\n

Not gonna lie, this book was really weird. Like trippy weird. Most of the time I had no idea what was going on, but by the middle of the book, you kind of just learn to roll with things. But hidden amongst all of the weird situations and people there is satire. If you look closely enough (well for the most part they\u2019re pretty obvious), some of the elements inside of Cameron\u2019s world are pointing out society\u2019s flaws, such as state implemented standardized testing, \u201cWhy Thinking Can Cost You on Test Day.\u201d Juxtaposed next to all of the other weird things, the book makes you start to think about how weird and backwards our society can be.<\/p>\n

The biggest flaw of this book is how it starts out. For the beginning half of the book I found all of Cameron\u2019s cynical narration and view of the world to be aggravating and all of character\u2019s surrounding him had a surreal edge to them that was more annoying than endearing.<\/p>\n

But, once you kind of get the basic idea that nothing will make sense, the book begins to grow on you. It definitely has a unique storyline that eventually draws you in because once you see Cameron, the kid who used to be the epitome of ambitionless, start to care about life, you start to care too.<\/p>\n

Overall, I recommend it to anyone who\u2019s looking for a weird, slightly satirical, story but not to anyone who can\u2019t stand a protagonist who\u2019s so cynical it sometimes make you want to throw something at him. 5 stars. –Kara, teen reviewer<\/p>\n

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Find the book in our library: \u00a0Going Bovine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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