I was trying to avoid saying it might be the realism that's causing me problems, because it makes me sound awfully shallow. But there was a sense of familiarity to the whole thing, and I think that's what I found depressing. More than the plot, which was certainly full of dark and depressing things, I felt trapped in this world I know too well. Compared to something like Saturday, or Things Fall Apart, or A Thread of Grace (to list some of the most mimetic novels I've read this year), it wasn't showing me anything I hadn't seen before, or making me think about things I had seen before in a new way.
It's a worry when I'm quite happy to read Stephen Baxter destroying the universe for the nth time but can't handle a simple crime story, isn't it? :)
(But this is one reason why I think I might like the shorts more, they sound as if they have a little more colour. Of course, I should read the other books you lent me first.)
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Date: 2005-08-30 09:57 am (UTC)It's a worry when I'm quite happy to read Stephen Baxter destroying the universe for the nth time but can't handle a simple crime story, isn't it? :)
(But this is one reason why I think I might like the shorts more, they sound as if they have a little more colour. Of course, I should read the other books you lent me first.)