I know this has taken forever... I actually finished the book some time ago, I just have been a little lax in getting the review posted... Anyway, without further ado, here it is:
Going Bovine is a story about a boy named Cameron, a slacker whose own parents seem to have given up on him. He’s gliding through high school until his strange behavior becomes too much for his parents to put up with. No one listens when he says that he’s hallucinating and that it’s not from any drugs, well okay it could be bad pot, but it’s doubtful. Instead he finds himself in drug counseling and weekly meetings with a psychiatrist. It takes Cameron collapsing before anyone realizes it might be something more serious. Turns out he has Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, aka Mad Cow disease.
Going Bovine is a story about a boy named Cameron, a slacker whose own parents seem to have given up on him. He’s gliding through high school until his strange behavior becomes too much for his parents to put up with. No one listens when he says that he’s hallucinating and that it’s not from any drugs, well okay it could be bad pot, but it’s doubtful. Instead he finds himself in drug counseling and weekly meetings with a psychiatrist. It takes Cameron collapsing before anyone realizes it might be something more serious. Turns out he has Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, aka Mad Cow disease.
The remainder of the story details Cameron’s hallucinatory quest to find a cure for his disease. Along the way he is guided by a pink-haired, punk angel named Dulcie who leads him on a journey to find the missing Dr. X. His side-kicks for this journey are a Mexican-American dwarf, whose hypochondriac tendencies drive Cameron nuts, and an ancient Viking turned yard gnome. On his journey, Cameron battles the forces of evil, saves the world, falls in love for the first time, joins a cult of happiness, and otherwise lives the life he might not ever have without a cure.
Cameron's brain dreams up some CRAZY and funny stuff. Just as I suspected Libba Bray is a genius when it comes to humor; even the chapter titles are great (i.e. Chapter Two: Wherein the Cruelties of High School Are Recounted, and the Stoner Dudes of the Fourth Floor Bathroom Offer Me Subpar Weed and a Physics Lesson). Though it gets a little slow at times, it's definitely an interesting read. :)
-Rachel
Cameron's brain dreams up some CRAZY and funny stuff. Just as I suspected Libba Bray is a genius when it comes to humor; even the chapter titles are great (i.e. Chapter Two: Wherein the Cruelties of High School Are Recounted, and the Stoner Dudes of the Fourth Floor Bathroom Offer Me Subpar Weed and a Physics Lesson). Though it gets a little slow at times, it's definitely an interesting read. :)
-Rachel
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