http://kirstiecat.com/blog/archives/35 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:58:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://kirstiecat.com/blog/archives/35#comment-28 Kirstie » Blog Archive » Number Nine Dream by David Mitchell Sat, 08 Oct 2005 06:15:59 +0000 http://euclid.homelinux.net/~kirstiecat/blog/index.php/archives/35#comment-28 [...] But…you know how you sometimes read the back of a book for the review snippets and brief description of the story and you get all giddy because you get the references and you have this sort of literary epiphany of sorts, “I love both of those authors they are referring to so this is the book for me!” Well, if you want to read a book set in Japan that refers to the Beatles/Lennon, I suggest Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami instead. But maybe that’s just me. In the very first sentence on the back, both Dickens and Salinger are referenced. I’d say Number Nine Dream reads more like Pynchon writing a novel based on a plot William Gibson has pitched to him. It’s wildly creative and intriguing but at the same time incredibly disjointed and didn’t end up really reaching me on any sort of emotional level. [...] [...] But…you know how you sometimes read the back of a book for the review snippets and brief description of the story and you get all giddy because you get the references and you have this sort of literary epiphany of sorts, “I love both of those authors they are referring to so this is the book for me!” Well, if you want to read a book set in Japan that refers to the Beatles/Lennon, I suggest Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami instead. But maybe that’s just me. In the very first sentence on the back, both Dickens and Salinger are referenced. I’d say Number Nine Dream reads more like Pynchon writing a novel based on a plot William Gibson has pitched to him. It’s wildly creative and intriguing but at the same time incredibly disjointed and didn’t end up really reaching me on any sort of emotional level. [...]

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