The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (Paperback)

from PrincessPaulina

* NO Spoilers were used in the writing of this review! * An example of a depressing book that is worth reading because of the sharp, insightful writing. Despite the disturbing subject matter I was compelled to finish this book, much as people are often compelled to stare at a traffic accident. Th...

from SadieBabie

I didn't really care about the whole drama surrounding JT Leroy when I read this, about whether he really existed or was a made up character (which it now turns out "he" was) in turn writing works of fiction based on a life which is also a work of fiction... I still don't care that JT didn't actu...

from stuckinabigbook

Extremely disturbing novel that was painful at times to read. But I mean that in a good way.

from addict

LeRoy rose to considerable notoriety as the teenaged author of last year's Sarah, a novel about a gender-confused kid whose mother is a truckers' prostitute. In his latest work, a rawly written, riveting series of 10 interlocked stories that read fluidly as a novel, LeRoy returns to the themes of...

from Borrows-N-Wants

"I was not impressed with this book. The narrative is distracting, the author focuses more on shocking the reader than developing the story or characters, and the scenarios are so outlandish that it is hard to stay interested. I picked up this book after watching the movie, and this is one of f...