Memoria del Tiburon, La (Paperback)

from CarlosMcRey

The book struck me as a sort of cross between The Eyre Affair and House of Leaves, combining the sort of inventive alternate realities of Fforde with the pomo typographical play of Danielewski. As with most X meets Y formulations, this one does not really do the book justice. Despite Hall's invet...

from kristenn

Although this was even more high-concept than Cloud Atlas, I was able to enjoy (and finish) this one. (Ironically, the two authors know each other per the acknowledgments.) I wouldn't have read it on my own, however. I don't go for the heavily metaphysical (or whatever that is) or usually for thr...

from murraymint11

I enjoyed this book, despite it being a little weird and wacky. I suppose the style reminded me of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, but the storyline felt more like a movie script; in fact the final few chapters were lifted straight out of the Jaws movie, so much so that it gave the ending aw...

from MikeFarquhar

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall, is one of those books that is likely to be much in the literary media for a while. A debut novel, it is a metatextual adventure which wears its influences - from Mark Danielewski to Haraki Murakami; from Paul Auster to The Matrix - very openly; with at least a ...

from RobinDawson

This is a wild ride - so creative, so original - never read anything like it. It's science fiction and fantasy and thriller all in one. Not the sort of book I usually like - but I loved it. I was gasping and laughing and couldn't put it down.