Grasshopper Jungle

This was a weird book. Stylistically, I enjoyed its weirdness. I do definitely agree with criticism that none of the female characters in this book are developed like, at all, beyond super sexy sex objects? Which I think is sooort of the point of having a ~realistic horny teenage boy narrator~? But as a woman reading it, it's a little hard not to be alienated by it.

The queer representation is cool, although kind of buys into the “bisexuals are confused” trope? Not that Austin explicitly identifies as bi, or that he necessarily needs to? He's just definitely confused.

I liked the B-movie vibe and the Vonnegut-esque style, for sure. Would recommend to horny teenage boys.