Review: Really strange
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
I spent the entire time reading this book thinking I had missed a prequel or something.I was baffled by the jumble of new characters, all of which have bizarre and not particularly human personalities and relationships the narrator apparently understands but doesn't explain.And throughout, there is this discussion of a person with an apparent mental illness, and when he takes his meds they say he's "high," and when he doesn't they call it sobriety?  I guess this is a parallel universe or something, in which antipsychotics make people feel good, or else it's just really offensive. Honestly I didn't get it, and not in a good "wow, this is so complicated, I can't wait to unravel it!" way, but in a "huh?" way.The book is centered around a fictional game, and apparently the main character hasn't played in years, since little league (?) but is recruited from his high school by a college team when he starts playing again.  They talk about HS and college level sports as though they really aren't that different, and his high school had a stadium.Needs a prologue or something to explain what is up with this bizarre world.