floraphage 's review for:

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

3.0

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This was enjoyable in the way that Philip K. Dick is generally enjoyable, but by three-quarters of the way through I was tired of getting beaten over the head with the whole "what is/isn't reality" shtick, even if it was effectively accomplished. Like many a science-fiction novel (but unlike the best of them), The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is high on ideas and low on characters -- which made it hard to stay emotionally invested and left me feeling vaguely dissatisfied at the end.