Going Bovine
by Libba Bray
(For the past few posts I have been giving ratings, but I have decided to stop doing that because every book that can make me feel attached the characters and take me to a different world is a 10 out of 10 in my book.)
First just let me say WOW! I finished this book somewhere around midnight last night because I could not go to sleep without knowing to end of the story. Mrs. Bray sucked me into the story, and for that I applaud her. The book was not the best piece of fiction ever written, but the moving and funny story is very easy to like. This book is one of those books where you laugh so hard you almost piss your pants, get so emotionally attached to the characters that you are very close to tears, and you end up questioning what the very meaning of living is.
Cameron or Cam is a 16 who mysteriously develops Mad Cow disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob (the official name of Mad Cow disease) attacks the prions in your brain. This disease slowly eats away your mind. There is no known cure for Mad Cow disease. Or is there? In the book Cameron is confronted by an angel. The angle, Dulcie, tells Cameron the there is cure out there. Cameron has to get his lazy butt out of bead, and got look for Dr. X. The obscure Dr. X is said to have the cure that will allow Cam to live.
On his road trip to find Dr. X Cam meets some interesting people. His traveling buddy is an angry and worried dwarf Gonzo. Their ride is filled with dead jazz musicians, vanilla smoothies, terrorist plots, grumpy garden gnomes, and very strange happenings. Cameron's main goal is to live. That's why he went on this trip. He doesn't want to die. On this trip though he figures out what living is truly all about.
There are many many many many books written about finding out what the meaning of life. They always end up cliche and stupid. But this book is different. Mrs. Bray took a different approach in her book. The main character, Cam, was so blunt. He was the tell it like it is character, no frills. Which made the book better. You could tell that he didn't want to die, but he didn't mope. He didn't sit around thinking shit my life is almost over. He got up and did something about it. He "left" the hospital bed, and went on this crazy road trip to find the cure. This is what shows him what life is really about. In the end he understands. Going Bovine is not the typical teen dying and finding out what life is about book. This book made think. It made me question. It made me feel a wide rage of emotions. For all of that I bow to Mrs. Bray. She took on the challenging subject of death and life and addressed it in a manner that feels personal and understandable. She didn't make her characters so perfect that you couldn't relate. Her characters were real people. you feel connected, and that make the story really hit home. Over all I LOVED this book! It was a very very very good read. Please, dear readers, read and enjoy this story and book.
Keep Reading!
Lindsey
On his road trip to find Dr. X Cam meets some interesting people. His traveling buddy is an angry and worried dwarf Gonzo. Their ride is filled with dead jazz musicians, vanilla smoothies, terrorist plots, grumpy garden gnomes, and very strange happenings. Cameron's main goal is to live. That's why he went on this trip. He doesn't want to die. On this trip though he figures out what living is truly all about.
There are many many many many books written about finding out what the meaning of life. They always end up cliche and stupid. But this book is different. Mrs. Bray took a different approach in her book. The main character, Cam, was so blunt. He was the tell it like it is character, no frills. Which made the book better. You could tell that he didn't want to die, but he didn't mope. He didn't sit around thinking shit my life is almost over. He got up and did something about it. He "left" the hospital bed, and went on this crazy road trip to find the cure. This is what shows him what life is really about. In the end he understands. Going Bovine is not the typical teen dying and finding out what life is about book. This book made think. It made me question. It made me feel a wide rage of emotions. For all of that I bow to Mrs. Bray. She took on the challenging subject of death and life and addressed it in a manner that feels personal and understandable. She didn't make her characters so perfect that you couldn't relate. Her characters were real people. you feel connected, and that make the story really hit home. Over all I LOVED this book! It was a very very very good read. Please, dear readers, read and enjoy this story and book.
Keep Reading!
Lindsey
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