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A review by yellowdaniel
Vurt by Jeff Noon
3.0
After the first 20 pages I realized this is less of a sci-fi and more of a surreal thing, and once I accepted that, it flowed better. Eventually I liked that in this book you just don't get how this universe is working. But that's a problem too, because you're not sure about the weight/consequence of things that happen. I didn't really feel the pain of the characters, but sometimes I felt their disgust.
[minor spoilers from here on about what kind of ending the book has, but not about what it is]
I really liked the ending, it was a great visionary scene with a non-traditional ending, but the last two pages were superfluous, they explained something I didn't want explained, and it had no bearing on characters or story. The book should end at that minor fourth wall break at the end. It would be a perfect way to end it.
It was a very enjoyable read with a great (then botched) ending, but it's missing something for me to be really great. Maybe if the book had more of that ending scene (it has some in the middle), and less of characters just running around getting stuff and random people helping them because why not. Maybe the universe of the book is already so surreal it couldn't really top it in the drug scenes. But then again, it's kind of the point I guess.
[minor spoilers from here on about what kind of ending the book has, but not about what it is]
I really liked the ending, it was a great visionary scene with a non-traditional ending, but the last two pages were superfluous, they explained something I didn't want explained, and it had no bearing on characters or story. The book should end at that minor fourth wall break at the end. It would be a perfect way to end it.
It was a very enjoyable read with a great (then botched) ending, but it's missing something for me to be really great. Maybe if the book had more of that ending scene (it has some in the middle), and less of characters just running around getting stuff and random people helping them because why not. Maybe the universe of the book is already so surreal it couldn't really top it in the drug scenes. But then again, it's kind of the point I guess.