Bliss Montage [book, audiobook]

 Bliss Montage [book, audiobook]


GAHHHHHHHH. I HATE THIS. LIKE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO I READ THE FIRST BOOK BY THIS AUTHOR AND IT STARTED OUT AS THIS RICHLY TEXTURED MULTILEVEL THEMATIC METAPHOR ABOUT A DISEASE THAT MADE YOU FALL INTO SIMPLER AND SIMPLER ROUTINE UNTIL YOU DIED, AND IT WAS LIKE A STORY ABOUT THE SURVIVORS ACCIDENTLY RECREATING THE SAME WORLD THEY LOST, AND LIKE, IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO TRIED SO HARD TO AVOID CLINGING TO THEIR OLD LIFE SO HARD THEY WERE DOING EVERYTHING BY DOING IT'S OPPOSITE AND IT WAS THIS REALLY GREAT BOOK THAT SUDDENLY AT THE HALF WAY MARK GAVE UP ANYTHING THEMATIC AND JUST BECAME THE BLANDEST ACTUAL ZOMBIE BOOK IMAGINABLE. I HATED IT SO MUCH.  LIKE THE BASE SCI-FI PREMISE OVERTOOK AND PUSHED OUT THE THEMATIC SYMBOLIC STORY. THIS IS A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES BY THE SAME AUTHOR, ALMOST EVERY STORY ALSO STARTS WITH A MAGICAL REALISM SCI-FI PREMISE AND THEN BASICALLY EVERY STORY SEEMS TO EJECT THE THEMATIC PREMISE AND GO TO A TOTALLY MUNDANE STORY. AND THE STORY IS ALWAYS FINE. BUT THEY ALWAYS GO FROM A REALLY COMPLEX METAPHOR SETUP TO A REALLY BASIC ACTUAL STORY. 

PS. IT'S LIKE, YOU NOW THE BOOK "THE MYSTERIES OF HARRIS BURDICK"? THAT BOOK THAT IS LIKE SINGLE PENCIL DRAWINGS WITH A WEIRD CAPTION THAT TEACHERS LOVE TO USE AS WRITING PROMPTS? EVERY STORY IN THIS BOOK FEELS LIKE THAT. LIKE A SMART ENOUGH 12TH GRADER GOT A STORY PROMPT WITH A TON OF DEPTH AND POSSIBILITY AND PICKED IT UP TO A TOTALLY PASSABLE BUT PRETTY SHALLOW ACTUAL STORY.  WHICH IS LIKE, WHATEVER. BUT LIKE.... THE AUTHOR HERE *ALSO* WAS THE ONE THAT WROTE THE SETUP! I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO TEAR THIS BOOK UP WITH MY TEETH IT MAKES ME SO MAD HOW SQUANDERED IT ALL IS! JUST CARRY THE THEMES PAST THE HALF WAY POINT! IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER IF IT STAYS FANTASTICAL OR GOES MUNDANE! JUST STOP DROPPING THE METAPHOR OF THE STORY AT THE EXACT HALF WAY POINT TO TELL A DIFFERENT WORSE STORY! 

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