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A review by carys_kennedy
Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick
1.0
I could have forgiven the dreadfully misguided and antiquated representations of mental health conditions if this book was actually any good. Sadly this is the worst PKD novel I've read by some margin.
The pulpy tone didn't hold true; the humour fell flat; the plot managed to be simultaneously over-complicated and deeply shallow; the characters were all completely flat.
I persevered because I thought somehow the book would challenge the initial notions of the clans and mental health. But it didn't. The closest it got to a clever ending or twist was that - shock horror - the therapist turns out to be mad herself!
(Actually in fairness that's probably the most plausible bit about MH in the whole book... therapists always seem to be mad...)
The pulpy tone didn't hold true; the humour fell flat; the plot managed to be simultaneously over-complicated and deeply shallow; the characters were all completely flat.
I persevered because I thought somehow the book would challenge the initial notions of the clans and mental health. But it didn't. The closest it got to a clever ending or twist was that - shock horror - the therapist turns out to be mad herself!
(Actually in fairness that's probably the most plausible bit about MH in the whole book... therapists always seem to be mad...)