Steven's review of Headcrusher (original) (raw)
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Steven's Reviews > Headcrusher
So ... this isn't really on the level of either book it mentions on the cover (Fight Club or American Psycho). There just really isn't as much depth to the characters - any of them. It is obviously influenced by 'video game culture,' but in a very generic way. I was especially disappointed by the sometimes-bravado of the protagonist, when he expounds on complex social theories, but his lines of thought are never really more than superficially-examined or followed. The action scenes were both unrealistic (does no one fight back?) and confusingly-written at times, with time/space jumps that I think were intended to heighten the action, but which just left me wondering wtf had just happened.
Overall, not terrible, but not very good either. There was some good potential in this idea, but I think it was squandered in the haphazard execution.
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Reading Progress
August 1, 2017 –Started Reading
August 9, 2017 –74.63% "This one started a bit slowly, got better, then got a lot worse and much more tedious after the first head crush. :-/"
August 12, 2017 –Finished Reading
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