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A review by nalz
Dreams of Amputation by Gary J. Shipley
4.0
I think this book may have changed the way I think about reading. Generally speaking I don't particularly enjoy reading abstract stuff where I cant follow the plot thread, I'm okay with things being abstract, but I generally want to be able to tether myself to an actual progression of some sort.
Well I'm going to re-think that about myself now, because for at least the first 1/4 of this book I couldn't grab on to anything that's what made me like it so much. I was sort of just being thrown around in this books insane post-cyberpunk babble and I loved it. Everything about this book is accelerated and amplified to insane levels. Its extremely grotesque and beyond nihilistic
The only reason why I'm not giving this 5 stars is because that feeling went away as a plot slowly revealed itself. It continues to be more and more plot driven as the book goes on. I'm probably being unfair here though since I've never felt that feeling with any other book, and honestly the plot is quite good.
I'm going to follow this writers work for sure because he definitely has a unique voice and I want more.
Well I'm going to re-think that about myself now, because for at least the first 1/4 of this book I couldn't grab on to anything that's what made me like it so much. I was sort of just being thrown around in this books insane post-cyberpunk babble and I loved it. Everything about this book is accelerated and amplified to insane levels. Its extremely grotesque and beyond nihilistic
The only reason why I'm not giving this 5 stars is because that feeling went away as a plot slowly revealed itself. It continues to be more and more plot driven as the book goes on. I'm probably being unfair here though since I've never felt that feeling with any other book, and honestly the plot is quite good.
I'm going to follow this writers work for sure because he definitely has a unique voice and I want more.