Consequently, I give it 2 out of 5 flames.Robbins (Skinny Legs and All Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) begins this disappointing novel just before Easter weekend, as commodities broker Gwen Mati-half-Filipina, half-Irish-is in her favorite Seattle bar, mourning the stock market's nosedive. Compared to Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, this novel pales in comparison. I will continue to respect Robbins as one of the greats, but I will not recommend this book, as I don’t think it’s representative of what he’s truly capable of. He applies multi-layered analogies that make me do a double-take. He drops rando facts that are so obscure, I’m forced to look them up because I’m disbelieving and curious. Always-even when I’m not feeling the plot. Still, Robbins challenges me as a reader. I didn’t find the action very suspenseful because there was simply too much going on. Robbins has never adhered to the axiom “less is more” it’s worked for him in the past, but it fails him here. Unfortunately, the symbols in this book are excessively complicated and frankly unexciting. Currently, we’re in our pajamas on the brink of snoozing through life’s good stuff. I don’t think that Robbins actually believes this the point is that he wants to question our belief systems. Robbins toys with the idea that our ancient ancestors are actually an extraterrestrial race of amphibians, insinuating that we’ll return to that state of being in a future evolutionary step. Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas has less to do with pajamas and more to do with frogs. Still Life of Woodpecker centers on a pack of Camel cigarettes and the pyramids on the package. He basically kills it on this front.Įxploration of the supernatural through symbolism. He makes clever digs at the church as an institution and encourages us to think for ourselves rather than blindly embrace religious dogma. He emphasizes how important it is to protect our environment and not treat the world in such an entitled way. Robbins has fully embraced a hippie persona in real life…and it shows. In this case, since Gwendolyn fell flat and she bored me. In his other works, the fabulous female characters have driven the plot I’m always curious as to what they’ll do next because I find them inherently interesting. She’s an uptight, judgmental stockbroker who is unwittingly swept into a swarm of scandals. It seems that she is intended to be unlikeable and, sure enough, she is. The main character here is Gwendolyn Mati. This 1994 novel was reminiscent of the other two I’ve read (and reviewed- search his name in that search bar).Īside from the lurid sex scenes, other distinctive Robbins signs include: Speaking of penises…Tom Robbins loves to talk about them. Shout out to my friend Ashley for the stellar gift.
A staple of every young woman’s repertoire: a penis that holds your place in a book.
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