Review: A challenging book that was a b"Laz(t)arus"!  @badwordplay
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
OH GOD, WHAT HAVE I DONE!?That was the thought that crossed my mind when I first started reading this book.  Not in a bad way, but after being interested after reading what the book was, and then actually diving into the book itself…  This book is very dense, and challenging at times, and confusing at others.  Think Cloud Atlas, but with a less regimented story structure between stories, and storytellers.I’m not going to even bother getting into the storyline of this book, because it is so vast and complex, and there are like 4 main storylines, that I have no idea where to even begin with that, and I would be doing it a disservice if I were to try.But if you take the example of Cloud Atlas, it makes a lot of sense.  Cloud Atlas is 6, 100 page books, split in half, and set inside one another, like 1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2-1.  That is very  regimented, and yes, the stories tie in together, but they are segregated into their own sections.  This book takes that regiment, and says “(the noise you make when you take your finger and move it up and down across your lips)”, because it is insane.  An insane that I very much enjoyed, I must say.  I understand that a lot of people read to relax, and I enjoy that as well.  But sometimes, I like to read a book that smacks you in the face, and says “YOU WILL PAY ATTENTION TO ME, STEVEN!!”, and you try to explain that your name is not Steven, but it DOES NOT CARE.  If that sounds appealing to you, then I would highly recommend this book, Steven.