Review: Surreal Roadtrip
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2011
Like another reviewer I came across this book whilst searching for Haruki Murakami. No luck buying Kindled Murakamai in Australia so I decided to give this new writer a go- the price was reasonable enough.There are some Murakami-esque elements to the novella, slightly surreal plot and characters who are somewhat removed from everyday life. There is a certain clunkiness to the writing and the narrator's introspection can be somewhat annoying. I think the weaknesses are just first-timer issues that will improve with experience and a good editor.The Kindle versio has some justification issues when there is dialogue and someone has been careless with Spellcheck as there are a few typos that tend to be homophones, eg "suite yourself" and "this will due". (Issues reported to Amazon)