Review: Not an easy read-if it were a movie it would be rated X
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
Thank goodness Kindle has a built in dictionary! The author must love to play with words since he uses them in ways I've not seen before. Sometimes this could be clarified by using the dictionary. Other times I had to go to the internet in order to make sense of what was being said. In most cases the "exotic" language made the reading more interesting, for example use of "untermensch" instead of under man or common man. If you can find clarity in the first sentence of Book 1 you should be able to follow the rest of the story."Cut from bolts of tweed and khaki the cry skittered across a patch of decaying tarmac-- crumpling into a pothole. Cursing the twill pushed up, knees dripping muddy gasoline slick water and gravel, to limp, weeping, around the next corner."Wellhauser, David S. (2013-01-22). The Seurat Construct (The Burdened Air) (Kindle Locations 48-50). Gnostic Dementia Press. Kindle Edition.Do you see how the "fabric" represents a man? Fortunately the whole book isn't written like that, only parts of it. I think it is meant to show you how the main character's mind is deteriorating into confusion, then clearer passages are periods of his mental clarity.I don't feel comfortable with the way the main character and his girlfriend enjoy sadomasochism and sexual perversion but it didn't distract from the story since it is another example of how much Sandu Burr is loosing his humanity. If I had known it was part of the story I wouldn't have bought the books but since I did I can enjoy the story without focusing on it.I haven't finished the book yet but from the reviews I went ahead and bought the next one to be able to finish the whole story. I will add to this review if my opinions change.UPDATE: Well, I had to stop reading this book and downgrade my review. The author just wouldn't let the reader forget about the revolting sexual activities that I thought I could overlook. Since I had bought the second book I read ahead to the ending and it doesn't look interesting enough to invest any more time. I never did find out what the "tournament" was. *****SPOILER ALERT**** And I don't like the way Sandu considered himself a type of a god at the end. All in all, a pretty disgusting book and the author has some really perverted ideas of sex.