"I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons, my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist, and the world is my audience. It sounds strange because it is, and it is, because I am strange."My Synopsis/Review:
For Mary Iris Malone, or better known as Mim, the world consists of only Objectives and Reasons. She lives a life where she's taught that habit is king and believes herself to be utterly alone in the world. After an affair that causes Mim's parents to divorce, a new woman is brought into the picture, her new stepmom Kathy. So, when Mim stops receiving letters from her mom three weeks after her father and Kathy relocate to Jackson, Mississippi, she takes on a new Objective: to reach her mom where she resides in Cleveland, Ohio by Labor Day and discover the mystery disease Mim overhears her father talking to Kathy about that her mother is supposedly battling. Along the 947 mile journey, Mim discovers that reasons are hard, it's perfectly okay to admit you're not okay, and that even when you feel the most lonely in the world, the universe can surprise you with the most amazing assortment of friends. Mosquitoland will be released on March 3rd, 2015, and it is available for pre-order currently from most book retailers. I highly recommend getting your hands on one of the most adventurous, surreal, and captivating stories of 2015, thus far. Be prepared to fall in love with Mary Iris Malone.
The girl who's not okay.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Reason: The reason I did not give this book a 5 out of 5 stars is simply because of the sheer amount of vulgar language used constantly and repetitively that sometimes took away from the story itself. Besides this, the plotline was interesting, original, and pure genius. I cannot wait to see how this book takes off after its release date on March 3rd!
