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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Body horror madness, it's hard to know what to think of this novel. But for me Ballard's phantasmagoric writing style and langue, which was at times both beautiful and repulsive, that lifted this book up forming being just plain weird and off-putting to something more surreal and compelling. This is one challenging (and disturbing) read, but anyone whose a David Cronenberg/Lynch fanatic would owe it to themselves to give it a try.
The non-linear babling about how he remembers stuff from I don’t even know where in 1st chapter while thinking about his friend, and then from his hospital bed, this just all made no sense to me.
dark
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
PLUS JAMAIS
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment
dégeulase
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Admirable not only for its audacity, but also for its systematic use of purely clinical language that willfully blurs the boundary between machine and body. But unlike the film adaptation, I found this increasingly repetitive and therefore somewhat tedious to read beyond the halfway point.
dark
reflective
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Self harm
Minor: Incest, Vomit
i have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. for one it was interesting commentary, and the ideas about the erotic/death connection were interesting for sure. but i found it hard to read, confusing at times, and often too graphic for my liking. am fine with violence but the sexual violence really disturbed me. i know that’s the intent but i can’t say i Enjoyed this book
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i love crash i wish bisexuals were real
an introspective analysis of j.g. ballard's crash:
every single character has sex with every single other character, all of which encounters takes place in a car.
while this auto-orgy may have been considered a piece of "controversial literature" in 1973, when it was written, the last time i checked my 2007 dictionary 220 pages of sexual intercourse interspersed with 4 pages of dialogue was a piece of "porn screenplay."
every single character has sex with every single other character, all of which encounters takes place in a car.
while this auto-orgy may have been considered a piece of "controversial literature" in 1973, when it was written, the last time i checked my 2007 dictionary 220 pages of sexual intercourse interspersed with 4 pages of dialogue was a piece of "porn screenplay."