![]() But about half way through there was an understanding. Yes, I found the first part of the book incredibly disjointed and found myself thinking "what is happening?" during the read. ![]() The messages it doles out are bleak, which is not necessarily bad in and of itself, but unfortunately these messages came across to me too heavy handed, blatant, and laden with lots of none too subtle political and social harping. The book obviously comes from the politically charged early 1970s. I also just couldn’t seem to connect with any of the characters, and when I did, they were suddenly killed off, seemingly with no real point. I felt disoriented much of the time, and had trouble following the story line for most of the book, even as things supposedly wrapped up with a rather confusing anti-climax. Unfortunately, I found the story-telling choppy, with the conglomeration of anecdotes, news snippets and out of context quotes thrown out in a wild and seemingly disconnected way. The ideas and themes seem quite prescient given that it was written in 1972. ![]() Clearly, this book can serve as a warning to us even now, with its’ dark apocalyptic view of a United States that has descended into chaos, with uncontrolled pollution, runaway infectious diseases, drug abuse and social anarchy. OK, I finally finished yesterday and have to admit it was a bit of a struggle. ![]()
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