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Book Reviews of Crocodile Soup

Crocodile Soup
Crocodile Soup
Author: Julia Darling
ISBN-13: 9780060090401
ISBN-10: 0060090405
Publication Date: 7/1/2002
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
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2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Ecco
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3
Beyond "quirky", but not quite bizarre. A realistic farce, perhaps? I dunno, but I really enjoyed it. Fascinating structure: alternating present/past chapters, with the past catching up by the end of the story.
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Gert is trying to live her life while coming to terms with her past. She realizes that she had buried herself (archeologist humor, wink-wink) in her work as a way of coping with her traumatic childhood. She has obviously suffered from mental illness, as did her mother and twin- a boy genius. A fasinating look at a dysfuntional family trying to cope with mental illness in an age where there was little to do about it. Wild twist at the end that is perfect.