Review: The Traveling Dildo Salesman by Kevin L. Donihe

I finished reading The Traveling dildo Salesman by Kevin L. Donihe a little over a week ago, I finally got around to writing my review on Amazon for it last night, and I am going to share that interview with you and then a little extra:

While this is not my favorite book in the bizarro genre, it was still highly enjoyable. The plight of the salesman in his never ending relentless cycle was quite relateable. His ability to overcome his monotonous unmemorable cycle was inspiring, yet it left you hanging wondering if what he experiences after will be better than his past. One can only hope.

The short stories included with this book were also very good and well written, however, some were a bit more predictable than I would have liked, and one was a bit more disturbing than I was prepared for, but with this genre you have to expect that. But for the most part they complimented the main story quite well. I must admit, that the short story Zombie Apocalypse was by far my favorite of the short stories. It is how I would envision many of the people in my circle reacting to such an event, which made reading it very funny, I literally laughed at loud at some of the imagery and conversation. Although the ending to Zombie Apocalypse  is probably much more accurate into what would happen to our world should such an event ever truly happen than many main stream movies seem to think.

This was my first Kevin L. Donihe book, and I would love to explore more of his works in the future. If you like reading bizarro, then this book is definitely for you. If you are just starting out in bizarro, then this book is a good glimpse into just how different from the "mainstream" books bizarro can get.

Seriously guys, check out this book, you can find it on amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Dildo-Salesman-Kevin-Donihe/dp/1936383705/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322794911&sr=8-1

How to Read Bizarro

Okay, so my last post was about the world of bizarro. So, coming from a newbie, I thought I'd give a little insight on how to read bizarro. At least from my point of view.

1. Be aware of the definition of bizarre before even thinking about reading Bizarro.
   Bizarre: adjective markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements; outrageously or whimsically strange; odd: bizarre clothing; bizarre behavior.  (thank you dictionary.com)
2. Open each book with a fully open mind.
3. If you are reading one of the more grotesque in the genre and have a quesy stomach you may want to keep a trash bin nearby.
4. Try not to read between the lines until after the completion of the story, novella, novel. I have found that once the book is in your brain it can be slowly digested to see that something that seems to be completely out there in ways that some would classify as totally idiotic actually has quite a link with what is going on in our society and world on a much deeper level.
5. Keep in mind with #4 that I sometimes overthink things.
6. Enjoy in small doses, or big doses. Just know the dosage of bizarro you can handle and stick with it until you build up a healthy tolerance. Or if you are just weird like me and fall madly in love with the first thing you read, just eat them like candy and keep at it.
7. If you love bizarro, buy, buy, buy. This is a new genre and it is hard for these authors to make enough money to eat dinner let alone other expenses. It is hard starting out and they need your help.
8. If you love bizarro, promote, promote, promote. Talk about it. Let friends borrow the books. Buy the books as gifts for people you know would fall in love with them. Blog it. Tweet it. Stumble it. Facebook. Google+. You get the idea.

So if you are a bizarro fan and have some extra tips on how to read bizarro Please share and I will add them to this blog. Or perhaps make a part 2 contination of this topic, just depends on you the reader and how many ideas you can come up with to help out the people just now finding this delightful gem of a genre.