Woo Woo, Ella Baxter
Woo Woo, Ella Baxter
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Woo Woo
A Novel

Author: Ella Baxter

Narrator: Cat Gould

Unabridged: 5 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/03/2024

Synopsis

A thrilling and eccentric novel about what it means to make art as a woman, and about the powerful forces of voyeurism, power, obsession, and online performanceWoo Woo follows Sabine, a conceptual artist on the verge of a photo exhibition she hopes will be pivotal, as she plunges deeper into her neuroses and seeks validation in relationships—with her frustratingly rational chef husband, her horde of devoted Gen Z TikTok followers, and even a mysterious, potentially violent stalker.Accompanying her throughout are Sabine’s strange alter egos, from hyperrealistic puppets of her as a baby to the ghost of conceptual artist Carolee Schneemann, who shows up with inscrutable yet sage life advice.Ella Baxter approaches the desire to see and be seen that defines both the creative and romantic act with humor, empathy, and a good dose of wildness, driving Sabine to an surreal and compelling climax that forces her—and us—to reconsider what it means to be an artist and a partner.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sunny on December 16, 2024

I laughed and was repulsed......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on March 30, 2024

This is my favorite book of the year and it’s only March. A necessary read for any woman who makes art and thrums with fury. It’s brilliant and ravaging and hysterical in all senses of the word.......more

Goodreads review by Alexis || abookandAstory on January 18, 2025

First of all, LOL. This is such a niche book. As an artist who loves all expressions of art and who identifies as a crazy person, I found this to be incredibly funny and an interesting look at the art world in such a satirical manner. When I tell you I RAN to the reviews as soon as I finished this o......more

Goodreads review by Laura on August 04, 2024

I have to be honest; I was really disappointed with Woo Woo. I had such an emotional response to Baxter's first novel, New Animal, that I literally talked about it to anyone who would listen for months and made countless videos about it. However, I couldn't get into the story with Woo Woo and found m......more

Goodreads review by Scott on December 04, 2024

I'm not sure if I love or hate the work of Ella Baxter, all I know is that she writes truly unique work like nobody else I've read. She is thought provoking, and intellectually confusing, she summons emotions in her readers and is emotionally confusing. I am unsure if large chunks of her work go ove......more

Quotes

"Sure-to-be strange, sure-to-be-gripping . . . A new form of art monster rises over the horizon . . ." —Drew Broussard, Literary Hub"Delightfully untamed . . . Baxter expertly builds suspense via Sabine’s increasing distress and the presence of the stalker, and she succeeds at keeping readers guessing at the line between reality and Sabine’s twisted perceptions. Those with a fondness for unreliable narrators will have a blast." —Publishers Weekly"The whirligig pace of the novel relentlessly intensifies from chapter to chapter as Sabine navigates the boundary between real and manufactured, all in front of a live audience . . . The book is a pointedly absurdist send-up of the pretensions of the art world, which nevertheless carries at its core a real exploration of what is at stake when one lives for art. Baxter continues her triumphant exploration of real lives lived on the fringes of the surreal. Sassy, sharp, and very funny, but with a consequential heart." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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