This book is included on the list of
books that will induce a mindfuck, but I feel it deserves a
category of it's own:
books that leave you feeling physically ill.
Fight Club (albiet in film form) came close, but this book is executed more smoothly, more
horrifically.
The ending is worse than a
punch in the face. It left me feeling I'd been
betrayed by someone I trusted. I felt sick.
I slept badly. I made all my friends read it. They responded much as I did.
Reading it a
second time is worth doing, as the book is full of little
cues for people who've already been through once.
Aside from
Catch-22, this is the one book I'd recommend everyone read, to
put things in a new light. (although reading
Player Of Games first makes for a good warm up, as well as an excellent book in it's own right). I've brought POG and this to
Uni, and I fully intend to inflict them on anyone who shows the faintest interest.