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The American Book Of The Dead (2009)

by Henry Baum(Favorite Author)

3.36 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0578026937 (ISBN13: 9780578026930)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Backword Books

review 1: This was an amazing read. I think this gets comparisons with The Illuminatus Trilogy! because of the metatextual voice and magical realism that deals with temporal influences, but I think a better comparison would be The Satanic Verses. This had a great feel throughout the book, a building sense of something great, just like Rushdie does. And I think like SV, some people may find the ending abrupt. If you need resolutions to look all tidy, this isn't the book for you. But if you have the type of aesthetic that appreciated the end of SV, this ending is has the same "natural" quality, like it's the only way things could have worked out.
review 2: It's an interesting idea - a guy in 2008 writing a book about his future self who is writing the same book. There are ... morea few twists and turns along the way like this which are pretty original and surprising. However, the rest of the book is just OK - the plot is a bit predictable in parts and the ending was quite weak. It was pleasant enough to read if you're happy to suspend disbelief and put up with some weak narrative, just not as well executed as I think the central premise deserved to be. less

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