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Notes From A Coma (2005)

by Mike McCormack(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1616952326 (ISBN13: 9781616952327)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Soho Press

review 1: "It was only a matter of time I suppose before wilful mindlessness became the season's Zeitgeist." Awesome. Pretty scathing, but not baseless, assessment of where our world is heading. Gotta admit, the footnotes did my head in on occasion but they were also some of the more interesting writing. It was almost like there were two separate books in one between the story and the footnotes. Very original. I recommend it. Read it. Then read it again.
review 2: I won this through Goodreads. There were parts of it I really liked - Some great narrative passages as well as an interesting concept to begin with. There are footnotes throughout that essentially tell a second (but ultimately intertwined) storyline, which I thought was an interesting technique, but als... moreo proved overwhelming at times. As a reader, I would have appreciated shorter footnotes until I got used to the format. I also am unsure how I feel about the ending - no spoilers, but I just wasn't sure what message I was supposed to be left with, I guess. Overall I enjoyed reading it and am grateful to have won it! less

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