Welcome to Unspace Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. All he has left are journal entries recalling Clio, a perfect love now gone. So begins a thrilling adventure that will send Eric and his cynical cat Ian on a search for the Ludovician, the force that is threatening his life, and Dr Trey Fidorus, the only man who knows its secrets.
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"A great debut - clever, funny, touching, strange and highly
original." -- Al Alvarez
"A psychological thriller with shades of Memento and The Matrix
and the fiction of Mark Danielewski; page-turning, playful and chilling."
-- Guardian
"Fast, sexy, intriguing, intelligent - a cult waiting to happen, a
blockbuster begging to be made. Investigate, now!" -- Toby Litt
"The bastard love child of The Matrix, Jaws and The Da Vinci Code.
Very entertaining." -- Mark Haddon
'A cult in the making.' -- Time Out
'Clever, exciting, funny . . . and, finally, moving.' -- Sunday Times
'The most original reading experience of the year . . . A novel that genuinely isn't like anything you have ever read before. -- Independent
original." -- Al Alvarez
"A psychological thriller with shades of Memento and The Matrix
and the fiction of Mark Danielewski; page-turning, playful and chilling."
-- Guardian
"Fast, sexy, intriguing, intelligent - a cult waiting to happen, a
blockbuster begging to be made. Investigate, now!" -- Toby Litt
"The bastard love child of The Matrix, Jaws and The Da Vinci Code.
Very entertaining." -- Mark Haddon
'A cult in the making.' -- Time Out
'Clever, exciting, funny . . . and, finally, moving.' -- Sunday Times
'The most original reading experience of the year . . . A novel that genuinely isn't like anything you have ever read before. -- Independent
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'Clever, exciting, funny . . . and, finally, moving.'
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By avl06
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This has split opinion here I see. I loved this book. To begin with I thought it was a little too influenced by the Matrix, a little too unbelievable. But it won me over because, while no doubt it is a very clever, post modern, hip text, it is also quite a moving depiction of love and grief.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Anderssen
Format:Paperback
A friend of mine recommended this book to me a year or so ago, but I've only got around to reading it recently.
Not wanting to give too much away, The Raw Shark Texts follows Eric Sanderson who loses his memory, and upon trying to put the pieces of his past together discovers he is under attack from a powerful force.
When I started the book, I immediately couldn't put it down. It draws the reader into Eric's strange circumstances from the very word go. As I got further into the text, I became increasingly impressed with the writer's creativity and imagination. However, to my disappointment the story begins to drag midway through. That's not to say the story loses it's way, or becomes any less imaginative. It simply suffers from going on too long (about 100 pages too long in my view). At the conclusion, there is much left to the reader's interpretation, but annoyingly there are also questions left unaddressed.
I'd still recommend this book to anyone ready for a fun and crazy read. I'll also look forward to the author's future publications.
Not wanting to give too much away, The Raw Shark Texts follows Eric Sanderson who loses his memory, and upon trying to put the pieces of his past together discovers he is under attack from a powerful force.
When I started the book, I immediately couldn't put it down. It draws the reader into Eric's strange circumstances from the very word go. As I got further into the text, I became increasingly impressed with the writer's creativity and imagination. However, to my disappointment the story begins to drag midway through. That's not to say the story loses it's way, or becomes any less imaginative. It simply suffers from going on too long (about 100 pages too long in my view). At the conclusion, there is much left to the reader's interpretation, but annoyingly there are also questions left unaddressed.
I'd still recommend this book to anyone ready for a fun and crazy read. I'll also look forward to the author's future publications.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By liz.lo
Format:Audio CD
I really quite enjoyed this book. It was quite a fast, easy read, while at the same time being quite intelligent with some interesting ideas.
The opening scene, with our hero waking up with absolutely no idea of who or where he is, is really gripping and an exciting concept. There are so many questions, so many possibilities as to where the story could go from here. Are the notes actually from his former self and can he be trusted? Does the doctor really have his best interests at heart or is there something sinister going on? Is Ian a spy? The book doesn't quite manage to maintain that momentum throughout but as we move away from the initial set up and introduce new characters and learn more about Eric's past, there is always enough going on, enough unanswered questions to hold your attention.
I quite like the use of typography in the book. At first I questioned how much it actually contributed to the story, but the further you get through, the more it makes sense for it to be included. The way that language and writing is used in the storyline is quite clever and also rather brave; a book about words and their power is something that I imagine a lot of people would find a dull idea. Indeed, it could easily have got that way if the author hadn't managed to take these ideas and incorporate them into what is essentially a good action-romance yarn.
Unfortunately, as is so often the case, the ending is the bit that let the book down the most. Without giving too many spoilers, we've just experienced an epic, disastrous grand finale, only to be fobbed off with something that was, in equal parts; the requisite happily ever after, open ended "interpret it how you will" and that laziest of lazies; the "it was all just a dream".
Despite this, I still thought this was a cracking read; it's the first book in a few months that I've really raced through, staying up to finish rather than just pottering through a few chapters at bedtime.
A perfect holiday book; read it on a beach in Santorini!
The opening scene, with our hero waking up with absolutely no idea of who or where he is, is really gripping and an exciting concept. There are so many questions, so many possibilities as to where the story could go from here. Are the notes actually from his former self and can he be trusted? Does the doctor really have his best interests at heart or is there something sinister going on? Is Ian a spy? The book doesn't quite manage to maintain that momentum throughout but as we move away from the initial set up and introduce new characters and learn more about Eric's past, there is always enough going on, enough unanswered questions to hold your attention.
I quite like the use of typography in the book. At first I questioned how much it actually contributed to the story, but the further you get through, the more it makes sense for it to be included. The way that language and writing is used in the storyline is quite clever and also rather brave; a book about words and their power is something that I imagine a lot of people would find a dull idea. Indeed, it could easily have got that way if the author hadn't managed to take these ideas and incorporate them into what is essentially a good action-romance yarn.
Unfortunately, as is so often the case, the ending is the bit that let the book down the most. Without giving too many spoilers, we've just experienced an epic, disastrous grand finale, only to be fobbed off with something that was, in equal parts; the requisite happily ever after, open ended "interpret it how you will" and that laziest of lazies; the "it was all just a dream".
Despite this, I still thought this was a cracking read; it's the first book in a few months that I've really raced through, staying up to finish rather than just pottering through a few chapters at bedtime.
A perfect holiday book; read it on a beach in Santorini!
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