Steven Hall's The Raw Shark Texts
This has been getting a lot of positive reviews, but I wasn't really that into it. It's heavily inspired by Haruki Murakami (especially Hard-Boiled Wonderland, and you'd be better off reading that). It's being described as, like, "A man wakes up one day without any of his memories; he soon discovers he has a weird psychological disorder dtemming from the accidental death of his girlfriend. But as he delves into his past, he realizes things aren't what they seem!!" Sounds intriguing, right? But after the first hundred pages, it starts getting all metaphysical or something, with all these weird word-sharks (don't ask--though there is a nice bit of graphic imagery with a word-shark toward the end of the book). Like I said, the whole thing is very reminiscent of Murakami, as though a Murakami fan sat down and wrote a first novel. Which apparently one did. B-.
On another note, I saw Blades of Glory this afternoon, and it was way more enjoyable than this book. It was sweet!
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