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michyms 's review for:
Almost Transparent Blue
by Ryū Murakami
The storytelling was indeed ‘violent’, in so many different ways and levels. On one end of the spectrum, the things that were happening within the story were violent. Sex and drugs, even when they are by themselves, are rarely subtle. But when huge quantities of both are mixed together within a single bowl, the result is an overdosage of violence.
But as if that wasn’t enough, even the prose was violent. Just reading the book itself, I felt like I was being pushed and shoved in all directions. Sometimes I felt suffocated, and there were moments when I felt like my whole body was slammed against a wall.
There are still so many aspects of this book that I do not understand. But rare is a book that repels and intrigues me at the same time.
From: http://sushu.blog.com/2009/08/30/almost-transparent-blue-ryu-murakami/
But as if that wasn’t enough, even the prose was violent. Just reading the book itself, I felt like I was being pushed and shoved in all directions. Sometimes I felt suffocated, and there were moments when I felt like my whole body was slammed against a wall.
There are still so many aspects of this book that I do not understand. But rare is a book that repels and intrigues me at the same time.
From: http://sushu.blog.com/2009/08/30/almost-transparent-blue-ryu-murakami/