Going Bovine

Way out there book! The characters are very vivid in this book; especially Eubie and even his lingo, along with many other memorable characters. However, I'm still not getting a complete picture of what Cameron looks like but the author has his actions and personality down perfectly. Honestly, this kid has a lot of anger issues, even before he gets sick. Other than him saying he sees his father's back more than anything and less of his mom, it doesn't seem as if he has been beaten or went through some bad trauma, other an the Disney almost drowning episode. How can a kid be so angry all the time and everyone and the world, unless there is some underlying issues the author is not telling us or she is waiting till I get to the very end of the book, which will be tonight? I see so many of these characters, though in our present schools today. Cameron is already messed up before Mad cow. Anyway, I can visualize Chet, his snooty sister so well and Dulcie but still all Gonzo to me is an Afro dwarf with phobias. If you didn't know what the book was about, then in just the first ten chapters you would think the plot was just about an angry high school kid, mad at the world and never finds the good in anything. Now that I'm three-fourths through the book, it is really fast paced and I can't wait to see how all this ends; I'm trying not to sneak peek to the end. This book has some weird moments and although not typically my genre I usually read, I am staying interested to finish.

I will add that the author is right on target with the characterization of the New Orleans' characters, all the way down to her description of the 6'7" drag queen. I was there for a week and as I read that section, I was like, I met that exact same person! Anyway, the author has done an outstanding job with her usage of adjectives. I can visualize a lot of the characters, but still not the full picture of this little Cameron. Would like to see how all this would pan out in a movie.