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Big Machine (2009)

by Victor LaValle(Favorite Author)

3.31 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385527985 (ISBN13: 9780385527989)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Spiegel & Grau

review 1: Drifter ex junky with a back story slowly revealed of having been brought up as a child in a religious cult, joins another cult-like group. Sometime chaotic mix of genre fiction (noir, conspiracy, horror, supernatural), idea driven, ambitious and entertaining, with a lot of plot lines, tackling organised religion and the nature of belief/doubt. Some memorable hard-boiled lines, overreaches a bit at the end, but well worth reading. I've seen other reviews that have lazily pigeon-holed this with Pynchon, Murakami, Poe and many others, but it stands alone as unique.
review 2: I wanted to like this book the entire time I was reading it, but the truth is it's one of the worst novels I've read in years. Basically a really boring episode of the X Files where Mulder... more and Scully are replaced by a recovering junkie and an alcoholic former prostitute. Not only are there gaping plot holes here, none of the characters are particularly believable as human beings. Also, the quality of the writing is uneven at best. Do not read. less

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