I must apologise for the color scheme, but it's horribly appropriate for the story. All I need now are some sparkles and flower petals and I won't need to write a review.
The Plot: Weetzie Bat is a misunderstood highschooler who loves dancing, drinking, old movies, Indians, and all sorts of things like arts and crafts and film making. She's best friends with Dirk, a gay man with a shoe-polish black mohawk, and Slinkster Dog, her dog. Dirk's grandma Fifi gives Weetzie a magic lamp. Weetzie wishes for a duck for Dirk (a duck being slang in the Weetzie-verse for a hot guy), a Secret Agent Lover Man for herself, and a beautiful house for them to all live happily ever after in.
Weetzie gets her Secret Agent Lover Man (he's a film maker who rides a motorcycle and wears a trenchcoat). Dirk gets his duck, a blonde surfer boy whose name is actually Duck. They get their beautiful house when Dirk's Grandma Fifi dies and leaves the house to Dirk and Weetzie. Weetzie gets pregnant by "My Secret Agent Lover Man" along with Dirk and Duck, MSALM (My Secret Agent Love Man) runs off, Vixanne Wigg (a witch) has MSALM's baby who then goes to live with Weetzie and co, Weetzie's dog and the dog's girlfriend (Go-Go Girl) have puppies, MSALM's movies are hits, Charlie Bat (Weetzie's dad dies), Weetzie gets over it during one of the best scenes in the book, Duck runs off, Dirk brings Duck back, everybody is happy if not for ever after.
You get the idea. The premise is nice. The story is nice. I've read the book well over fifty times in my life. The book is, however, mostly adjectives. The characterization is a little rough (My Secret Agent Lover Man is the most interesting of the bunch). The dialogue is very stiff because the author seems to have a phobia of contracted words. The only time I can definitely say Ms. Block contracted a word was in the book's best line..."Your dad's dead, but baby you're not".
All the adjectives and glittery imagery served its purpose of creating a modern-day faery tale well. If you can get past the fact that everyone talks the same and Weetzie is a complete ditz (if not an interesting ditz), "Weetzie Bat" is a highly enjoyable book for those who think in pictures or really like glitter.
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