Post by Charlynn on Oct 31, 2010 18:42:45 GMT -5
Weetzie Bat
Weetzie Bat by Fransesca Lia Block is a strange little book. It's a quick, easy read, so, when I say little, I'm not speaking figuratively. However, despite its rather abbreviated length, Block manages to squeeze in plenty of content and her fair share of lessons. A free spirit child of two Hollywood alums with their own problems, Weetzie meets her best friend Dirk, and the two of them explore the L.A. world of sex, drugs, music, and whimsy together on their search for love, a home, and family. Dirk meets Duck, they fall in love, and then Weetzie meets My Secret Agent Lover Man, and they fall in love, too. When Weetzie wants to have a baby, though, My Secret Agent Lover Man is hesitant, so she turns to her two best friends, and she, Dirk, and Duck make a baby together - one with two daddies... and then three when My Secret Agent Lover Man comes back to her. While he left, though, he had an affair with a witch who eventually gives birth to Witch Baby, but Weetzie doesn't hold Witch Baby's parentage against her and takes her in, raising her as her daughter as well. Their world is one of acceptance and creativity, the magic of love sustaining them. The language is colorful and imaginative. It's almost as if Block has created her own language at times the text is so rich with new, inventive slang. Although there is a shadow of the supernatural involved in this book - there's a genie, and there are witches, underneath the glitter and glitz, this is a story about relationships of all kinds, and that's why I think it belongs in this category.
Weetzie Bat by Fransesca Lia Block is a strange little book. It's a quick, easy read, so, when I say little, I'm not speaking figuratively. However, despite its rather abbreviated length, Block manages to squeeze in plenty of content and her fair share of lessons. A free spirit child of two Hollywood alums with their own problems, Weetzie meets her best friend Dirk, and the two of them explore the L.A. world of sex, drugs, music, and whimsy together on their search for love, a home, and family. Dirk meets Duck, they fall in love, and then Weetzie meets My Secret Agent Lover Man, and they fall in love, too. When Weetzie wants to have a baby, though, My Secret Agent Lover Man is hesitant, so she turns to her two best friends, and she, Dirk, and Duck make a baby together - one with two daddies... and then three when My Secret Agent Lover Man comes back to her. While he left, though, he had an affair with a witch who eventually gives birth to Witch Baby, but Weetzie doesn't hold Witch Baby's parentage against her and takes her in, raising her as her daughter as well. Their world is one of acceptance and creativity, the magic of love sustaining them. The language is colorful and imaginative. It's almost as if Block has created her own language at times the text is so rich with new, inventive slang. Although there is a shadow of the supernatural involved in this book - there's a genie, and there are witches, underneath the glitter and glitz, this is a story about relationships of all kinds, and that's why I think it belongs in this category.