There's always the conundrum about long taxing books, whether they are worth the time and effort to complete, or whether they are unrewarding and you finish the book halfway through. The Book of Dave sits in the middle of these two extremes being a hard slog at times but also with some rewarding moments.
Two strands run through the book, one that is based in the future and one that is based in the present. The strand based in the present is about a taxi driver (Dave) and his life, whilst the future starnd is built around the teachings of that taxi driver which he lay down in a book - the book of Dave - which is seen as a kind of bible. Of the two I found the present day strand much more vibrant and interesting than the strand set in the future. The present day is one we all know well and doesn't need explaining, but with the future strand it's much more difficult to pull us into a manufactured world and create it as if it was one we all know well. The future strand although clever (the people speak a mix of cockney and mobile text language), I found that it was an overly simple world with not much going on plot wise.
Overall The book left me confused, it wasn't that great but not that bad, it was challenging yet simple. Though flawed this is a book that I will keep in my bookcase rather than give it to a charity shop like many lesser books.
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