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I really wanted to like this book. The feeling of reading this book was like riding a boomerang through multiple space-time dimensions. Each time a new section began, I wondered, "how much further into dystopia am I going now?" (And then the bad punster in my mind immediately replied, "Dystopia. Not dat-topia.") The total number of main characters is six, but I lost count several times... sea traveler Adam Ewing; composer Robert Frobisher; journalist Luisa Rey; involuntarily retired Timothy Cave
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Ah... I soo wanted to like this book... but I just had to put it down with out finishing it. The story was captivating and the writing was great, and then I just got too annoyed with the vulgar language and sexual content... Apparently the movie is rated R and I'd probably give the book that same rating as well. :-(
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