Member Reviews

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  • Rated 5 stars

  “This book is a sequal to LeRoy's novel Sarah.
  
  This novel, tells the tale of Sarahs' son Jeremiah who is unexpectedly taken from his (adoptive) parents by Sarah and has to adopt her rebelious lot-lizard lifestyle.
  
  Sarah almost appears tame by comparison to this novel in that, Sarah is the tip of the iceberg where as Jeremiah's experience dives head-first into the barbarity of their lifestyle.
  
  The scenes dealing with Sarah's strict Christian parents are just chilling yet, the characters names and certain scenes brought a smirk to my face in their Old Testament references.
  
  If you like LeRoy, may I introduce you to Dennis Cooper. They are a bit different in their styles yet, they are both heavy hitters in the 'transgressive fiction' scene.”

  CoffeeCat wrote this review Saturday, March 22 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “Shock. Fear. Anger mostly. I can't decide if it's a good thing or bad thing that this is a fictional story. As a 16 year old, I can't imagine writing something so disturbing and horrible. Obviously it's a book that needs to be taught and learned from, but what lessons I don't know. It's eye opening and so disturbing I couldn't read more than a couple pages at a time. The words were more powerful than the movie. Unlike other films that were based on books, it followed the storyline very closely and accurately.
  I don't think I could read this again.”

  Taylor S wrote this review Wednesday, February 13 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “Very few writers can turn a subject matter so grim and sleazy, involving minors, into a deep, audicious modern fairytale, enriched with so much colour and spark.”

  Aimee wrote this review Wednesday, January 30 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “It doesn't matter that there is no "real" JT Leroy with the fascinatingly disturbing background. I don't care if a group of monkeys wrote this book: the point is that someone did, and it is one of the most emotionally gripping books I've ever read. After reading this book, I really tried to look at people differently. Even if someone is a bastard, they might have grown up like the protagonist in this book.”

  Ghostwriter wrote this review Thursday, November 29 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “I don't care if J.T. Leroy doesn't exist after all.... the chapter called "Coal" made me cry and cry. LOVE THIS BOOK.”

  Miss Mia wrote this review Wednesday, November 14 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I'll never quite look at people the same”

  angel wrote this review Monday, October 29 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “gripping and heart-wrenching, you feel for all those different than you”

  celest wrote this review Tuesday, October 16 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 1 stars

  “I thought JT LeRoy sucked before "he" was outed as a phony and a fraud and a liar. All my friends would gush about how great he was, and I would roll my eyes and politely keep my mouth shut.
  I still think he has the writing ability of a ground termite; the only difference is that now that the ruse is up, it's pretty clear that a lot of his "fans" just felt sorry for him rather than have any actual criticism of his ability to write. Too bad there's no him, and that the woman behind the made-up identity exploited so many peoples' reality.
  Bottom line- if "he" wasn't such a starf***ing charity case, I bet none of his books ever would have seen the light of day.”

  MintyJulep wrote this review Tuesday, August 7 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 0 stars

  “Disturbing. Things like the prayer box and what-not actually went on in the homes of some of the kids I attended elementary Christian school with, so I didn't find it too over the top.”

  chryss wrote this review Wednesday, February 14 2007. ( reply | permalink )