I just finished reading the aforementioned novel, which was Chrales Yu firts novel; my first reaction:
I liked the idea of the universe it was set in, because it created a universe that was there, and the character was very used to it and not awed by it. The universe was established on the better half of the book, but I did not noticed it because of how entertaining it was, and I hadn't really noticed that the plot had not really started yet. I liked the description of the universe set in, then; my second reaction:
Then the plot moves forward, and the character goes on a series of self discovery adventures throughout his past, his ideals, and himself, quite literally he does an introspective in his universe where everything happens literally, words become reality, grammar rules apply to real life, etc. Now this part should have been a part of the growing arc of the novel, where after that the adventure of the character should have started, should have...
My third reaction:
QUE CHINGADOS?! or WTF or WHAT THE FUCK or WHAT THE HELL (see, now I'm doing it, the book did this over and over to fill up more the book) It turns out, this book was a self-help book. Turns out that the character, when he comes out from this self discovery journey, all is right and what I thought was the plot of the story turns out to be... well forgotten, and the world is, forgotten also. It turns out that this was all bout growing as a person, and all this fantastical universe was an excuse to draw in another type of reader.
The book was ok, but it was a self improvement book, or at best a half novel. recommended? yes, but please change it to another section at the bookstore.
