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Narrated by:
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Suzanne T. Fortin
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By:
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Kathe Koja
Tess welds metal. Bibi molds flesh. Together, they make art that moves, dances, burns, and bleeds, and the Surgeons of the Demolition become the hottest ticket in town. But Bibi wants more, always more, no matter who gets hurt. And Tess needs to burn, no matter what.
Thirty years ago, "Skin" changed the landscape of dark fiction forever. And now the girls are back in town.
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Critic reviews
"A dark and frightening work by a major talent whose prose reads like a collaboration between Clive Barker and William S. Burroughs. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)
"Humorless novel about art punks in an unnamed present-day city...the novel, like the art of the characters it portrays, is a sustained exercise in style over substance." (Publishers Weekly)
"The language Koja employs is fresh and astonishing, harsh yet beautiful." (Washington Post Book World)
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I really have mixed feelings on this one. Taking into consideration that the written book was published in 1993, the material it covers would have been very edgy, shocking and alot of taboo topics still at that time. With the exposure that we have today and the things that are much more normal it is much less shocking in many ways. Disturbing, still on many levels, but the shock factor is very much numbed.
The flow of this is very choppy. It was like a very long run on sentence. The story was hard to follow at times and switched topics without pause or resolution to the situation at hand. I was not a fan of the style of writing.
The narrator did a good with the story. Emotion appropriate, pleasant to listen to.
I will have to give three stars. Was an interesting story, though not as shocking as I expected. I am not a fan of the style of writing at all.
Mixed feelings on this one.
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Skin Review
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Suzanne does a great job narrating and has a very pleasant voice
Different from the horror I usually read I’m glad I got to check this one out
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Good story and narration
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My single complaint is the reader. the book isn't easy. but there are one or two places where she gets so caught in the fast pacing that the telling becomes difficult to deCIPHER (I couldn't stop myself [MAKE THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION NOW, PLEASE!), so I needed to rewind.
Spartan race through a Gwar show at an art gallery
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The two main characters, Bibi and Tess, remind me of Julianne Moore’s interruption of Carolee Schneemann with her character of Maude in The Big Lebowski. Even their sycophants reminded me of Maude’s groupies. Bibi and Tess are a very sexually frustrated couple as their relationship is quite rocky. Their frustrations shape the novel as well as their art. The art, which is a big part of the story, is the part that interested me the most. Not necessarily the art itself, but the lifestyle of the artists. It reminded me of the underground dark music venues where everyone dressed up like they were in a Marilyn Manson video and put on a show even though they weren’t the main event. The gothic nature of the art and their daily lives was written exactly as I think of that genre and life.
Suzanne T. Fortin did a great job narrating the book. I think she did a great job with the style of the book and her voice was perfect for the characters. She definitely made the book a lot easier to listen to as I don’t think my internal voice could have kept up with the style.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.
...It is Your Flesh We Want To Experience...
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highly addictive one of my all time favorites.....
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Tess is a welder who sculpts amazingly eerie pieces out of scraps of metal. Bibi is a performance artist into body modification who wants Tess to become a part of her group when she spots her work. Tess melds metal into moving pieces that fit into Bibi’s vision of the dark and bloody show she wants to create. The show becomes a huge underground hit melding flesh and pain awash in blood but the show is only the beginning step in this horrifying body horror tale.
Skin is about taking things to the extreme, yes, but also so much more. Bibi is all sharp angles and metal and torn and scarred skin and she has an intoxicating effect on Tess and all of those around her -intoxicating to the point of obsession and blind worship. Skin is about love and sex and friendship and toxic relationships but mostly it is about obsession and all of its nasty little tentacles and what happens when one takes things too far. It is an experience.
The prose is different and unlike anyone else I’ve read in all of these in-between years. It’s descriptive and to the point without being overly wordy. A scene is clearly and thoroughly set within a few words or a sentence. It’s a little stream of consciousness at times but never in a mind-numbing way. It’s amazing and it may take you a moment to adjust and it is SO hard to describe so I’ll just give you the opening lines.
“Dust. Above a party store, LIQUOR, LOTTO, keno machines fed by the poorest of the poor with coins rattled black by pocket tumbling, machine sounds nervous as a nervous cough. Grit-rimmed eyes, grit beneath her nails like powdered bone, fresh solder burn on her inner wrist a party-red, still too sore even to bandage. Dirt like sugar between her teeth.”
Dirt like sugar between her teeth. I LOVE that.
It evokes images in such a unique way that plunged me right into its dark, moody world. This isn’t a book you can skim (nor would you want to). You have to pay attention because the pace is fast. I usually speed up my audios but this is one where you won’t want to do that. Narrator Suzanne Fortin does a great job with the tricky prose. She emotes when needed, her cadence and tone fit the story and she never lost my attention. I have no complaints about anything. It’s a miracle, haha.
This is body horror so be ready for that. It is gory and disturbing but it’s all written in a way that doesn’t smack you over the head with it. That doesn’t mean it won’t make you cringe. Honestly, I think it’s more unsettling for just that reason. I don’t know how Koja managed this but she did it amazingly well.
Body Horror at its finest!
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I found horror in the little things, the small decisions that Bibi and the rest of the surgeons (to a lesser extent) made. But that side of the coin was subtle enough to be nearly opaque. Then you get slapped full in the face with the true nature of the tale and poof, it was over. And I mean that in a good way.
The narration was very well done. It was probably perfect for this book.
Skin
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Guerilla performance art and metal sculpture meets body horror in an interesting and disturbing narrative.
This one took a while to click for me. Not sure if it was the writing style or the narration, but when it finally gelled, I really enjoyed it. I even enjoyed the narrative format after a while.
“Since the soul in me is dead, better save the skin.”
Since the soul in me is dead, better save the skin
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This was really enjoyable, and well written and narrated. I received the review code for this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this honest review.
Good People = Horror Story
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