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adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I picked this book up at a library book sale.
"Going Bovine" follows sixteen-year-old Cameron. Cameron is just trying to make it through high school in one piece, but that is tested when he starts to not feel well. After a trip to the hospital, he is diagnosed with mad cow disease, but a punk angel visits him and tells him it is actually a super rare disease, and he needs to go on a quest to find the only real doctor that can help him. With his new sick friend in tow, they venture around America to try to find the cure.
This book was an absolute wild ride. I did not really know what to expect going into this book, but I do not know if I expected that. This book felt like what I imagine an acid trip is like.
Cameron is rough around the edges and both off-the-wall and down-to-earth. It is sometimes difficult to discern what is his own crazy talking and what is the mad cow disease.
This book was fun, a little crazy, and definitely has made me interested to read more from Libba Bray.
"Going Bovine" follows sixteen-year-old Cameron. Cameron is just trying to make it through high school in one piece, but that is tested when he starts to not feel well. After a trip to the hospital, he is diagnosed with mad cow disease, but a punk angel visits him and tells him it is actually a super rare disease, and he needs to go on a quest to find the only real doctor that can help him. With his new sick friend in tow, they venture around America to try to find the cure.
This book was an absolute wild ride. I did not really know what to expect going into this book, but I do not know if I expected that. This book felt like what I imagine an acid trip is like.
Cameron is rough around the edges and both off-the-wall and down-to-earth. It is sometimes difficult to discern what is his own crazy talking and what is the mad cow disease.
This book was fun, a little crazy, and definitely has made me interested to read more from Libba Bray.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness
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