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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
crash is one of the most bizarre things ive ever read, not necessarily due to the plot but because of jg ballards writing. this is a book about deviant sexuality. the sex scenes are so visceral yet so mechanical. it feels like someone mixed up the pages from anatomy book with a car repair manual. i admit crash took me way longer to read that i had expected. while its an interesting book, its quite a challenge to get through. i found myself stopping for long periods of time and having to return several chapters to remember what had happened. most of my time with crash was spent rereading passages of grotesque fantasy or description.
ballard has a way of making you feel absolutely disgusted. i cant think of anything else but 'visceral.' he eroticizes cars and car crashes while also making you feel disgust with flesh and blood human beings. semen, oil, blood, brake fluid, metal, bone, flesh, rubber, nails, glass.
ballard has a way of making you feel absolutely disgusted. i cant think of anything else but 'visceral.' he eroticizes cars and car crashes while also making you feel disgust with flesh and blood human beings. semen, oil, blood, brake fluid, metal, bone, flesh, rubber, nails, glass.
This is the kind of books that forces you to look past the story to really appreciate the experience. The prose is actually pretty good and deliberate, if somewhat repetitive and hallucinatory, the concept of redefining our relationship between ourselves and our vehicles is quite unique, you can interpret the book in multiple different ways, the narrator is not to be trusted, etc.
My personal takeaway from this (for now) is that while there's a growing and 'perverse' relationship between humans and technology/civilization, the crash victims are essentially trying to reclaim their experience and scarred bodies as something beautiful and meaningful to the point of obsession. Despite the crude sex there is something strangely humanizing about the whole thing, in opposition of getting off earlier in the book from the violence of televised news which I find personally abhorrent.
My personal takeaway from this (for now) is that while there's a growing and 'perverse' relationship between humans and technology/civilization, the crash victims are essentially trying to reclaim their experience and scarred bodies as something beautiful and meaningful to the point of obsession. Despite the crude sex there is something strangely humanizing about the whole thing, in opposition of getting off earlier in the book from the violence of televised news which I find personally abhorrent.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
me gusta la reflexión que permite hacer partiendo de la idea principal; creo que es un libro único en muchos sentidos
pero es muy tedioso leerlo porque, aunque sea un tema morboso, se vuelve muy repetitivo y agobia hasta en su propia incomodidad
pero es muy tedioso leerlo porque, aunque sea un tema morboso, se vuelve muy repetitivo y agobia hasta en su propia incomodidad
dark
medium-paced
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
relaxing
fast-paced