A review by kurtwombat
Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

 My favorite character in Dr. BLOODMONEY is the astronaut left orbiting an earth mostly destroyed by nuclear war. He stares down and communicates randomly with civilians on earth who have survived and managed to acquire a working radio. That’s how I felt reading this book. Characters would pop up randomly deliver some information—often outing themselves and their various levels of desperation or ennui. Then on to the next character. Sadly for me, these mostly interesting characters fail to cohere into anything I found interesting.  There is an attempt to run a thread through the characters and draw them together near the end but by then I was feeling a lot like the astronaut—mostly uninvolved.