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Summary: WOW!
Review: You must read this book. What a magical wordsmith
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Summary: If you like this check out The 2nd Greatest Story Ever Told
Review: This book was so good it got a bizzare reference in Gorman Bechard's book The Second Greatest Story Ever Told.If you like Tom Robbin's style check out this other book. I'll keep the details of the reference a secret so as not to spoil the surprise. I guarantee it causes an involuntary smile.
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Summary: Armageddon And All
Review: I just finished reading this book last night and had to write something about it. How exciting it was to be reading a novel that spit in the face of Armageddon as we crossed over into the year 2000. Robbins' language, that I can only describe as wittily self-conscious (even if that is an oxymoron), energizes every page and keeps you smiling as you ponder the great frustrations of life (sex, religion, money, etc.). Read it! That's an order (and one you should not take lightly). Read it now before all of those millenial fears and feelings dissipate. Enjoy!
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Summary: Timeless masterpiece with unforgettable characters
Review: I first read this book about three years ago and was very impressed with Tom Robbins ability to combine humor, beat-generation style prose, and well aimed pot-shots at not one but three of the worlds major patriarchal religions all at once. With all of the current hype about the new millenium and the doomsayers predicting the coming of Armageddon this book is a hilarious adventure that takes you from a New York restaurant run by a peace-nik Arab and a Jew with a shoe fetish, to the war-torn streets of Jerusalem, with hilarious stops inbetween to visit with a religious silver spoon, a philosophic can of beans, and a red-neck dirty purple sock. An adventure not to be missed!
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Summary: An entertaining romp through familiar Robbins territory
Review: Tom Robbins tackles the same subjects in every book from Roadside to Frog's Pajamas: the closemindedness of modern man, the relentless hypocrisy of the JudeoChristian faith, the squandering of the world's mystery & mysticism, and of course gratuitous and non-plot enhancing kinky sex. Fortunately for Robbins (and us), he always dresses the same ideas in snazzy new clothing. The charcaters are strong and well-developed. The heroine is sweet & lusty (as all Robbins' heroines are), Boomer is a great character as are Can 'o' Beans and his animated inanimate company and the 2 resturanteurs. Even the villain of the piece, Rev. Buddy Winkler, is more than a 1 dimensional crazy preacher stereotype. The plot also whisks along with unexpected twists & turns. The novel only lapses when it dwells too long on the endless revelations. I've read all of Robbins' books. I get the message, stick to the story.
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Summary: one of the best books i have read
Review: After reading "cowgirls," a friend introduced this robbins book to me. The characters are so unique. They make this book!!! It is such an interesting approach to an odd group of events. . .combining so many aspects of life.
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Summary: Entertaining, thought provoking and historical
Review: This is the best of Tom Robbins. Skinny Legs is a busy book with all sorts of strange things going on, but let yourself go and have fun with the book. It is as much entertaining as it is thought provoking
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Summary: DREAM BOOK!
Review: This is frankly, one of the best books I have ever read. It's got it all - great writing, a bizarre plot, oodles of thought provoking notions. The "Huckleberry Finn" of talking sock novels.
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Summary: If only the second hundred were as good as the first
Review: I truly enjoyed Robbins' creative and fast paced writing style when I began the story. The problem is (As the reader from LA pointed out) the story becomes fairly boring towards the middle of the book. Another problem that I found with the novel is that Robbins seems to be trying to breakdown many "veils" of humanity, yet the conclusions that he comes to are not that insightful or thought provoking.
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Summary: Gotta read it!!!
Review: Riding with Tom is a really wild, wild, trip. Across the country (in a metal turkey, no less), across the ocean, across all types of borders; religous, sexual, political, it's a fearless journey altogether. I wouldn't recommend it for those who like a linear plot line, or for those squeamish about taking on sacred cows. For the rest of you, give it a try!
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