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A review by anotherpath
The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick
3.0
Occasionally books that are a part of trilogies are better known for being stand-alone novels. This may be the case with PKD's Valis trilogy. This second novel isn't awful. It just doesn't make a lot of sense, and it sort of pales next to the first book.
There's less cosmogony and more, "here's how the apocalypse could go", without the actual apocalypse.
Linda Fox is the spell, the problem, the illusion, and then finally the solution and savior to our protagonist, all despite having her period? Poor Rybys, Herb Asher didn't deserve you.
If he discards the human characters in the third novel again, I'm going to be miffed at the mistreatment of this story's Madonna figure.
It feels like this isn't his best work, but I still enjoyed the ride.
There's less cosmogony and more, "here's how the apocalypse could go", without the actual apocalypse.
Linda Fox is the spell, the problem, the illusion, and then finally the solution and savior to our protagonist, all despite having her period? Poor Rybys, Herb Asher didn't deserve you.
If he discards the human characters in the third novel again, I'm going to be miffed at the mistreatment of this story's Madonna figure.
It feels like this isn't his best work, but I still enjoyed the ride.