Still Life with Woodpecker, (Paperback)

from nostalgebraist

Tom Robbins has a way of using words like no other author I've read, and that alone made this book worth reading. But the plot and characters don't live up to the promise of the words; everything's...

from sometimeunderwater

Occasionally, Robbins comes off like an airport Pynchon: just that little bit sillier. Characters are all caricatures (a fair criticism of Pynchon) and some of the jokes are absolute eye-rollers (d...

from TheDivineOomba

Honestly, I just lost interest in this book. It started off interesting enough, but there was just so much of whatever it is this book has. Not a lot a depth and I found the characters to be annoyi...

from catsigh

Yum. I loved this book 20 years ago. Today, although I'm a bit more jaded about life and love, it takes me back to my idealistic youth when I was trying on other peoples ideas and beliefs trying to...

from pscindy

I tried to write this review in the style of Tom Robbins. I wanted "something more than words. I [wanted] to send my readers armloads of crystals, some of which are the colors of orchids and peonie...