Going Bovine, by Libba Bray

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Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?

All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. 

Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. 

With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.


I'm really glad that Going Bovine wasn't my first introduction to Libba Bray. I absolutely LOVED Beauty Queens, so I naturally assumed that I would love GB just as much.

The premise was brilliant, but the execution just...wasn't. It was way too long and I kept wanting Cameron to...

(Spoilers after the jump)



...finish up with his quest and die already.