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Crash by J.G. Ballard

4 reviews

arborapollonis's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I've been interested gy the intersection between love and violence for a while now, so this was a very interesting read. Unfortunatelly, it became extremely tedious in the last 70 or so pages. Would probably have liked it better if the plot moved a bit faster

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, Blood, and Drug use

Moderate: Vomit, Excrement, and Child abuse

yurt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Drug abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Confinement, Torture, and Sexual assault

Minor: Biphobia, Colonisation, Lesbophobia, Racism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, and Fatphobia

krankliuk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Chronic illness, Car accident, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual content, Self harm, Medical content, Body horror, and Blood

Minor: Pedophilia

earsore's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

zzz... chromium... zzz... semen... zzz... Elizabeth Taylor...

An absolute waste of time on all fronts. Ballard was so hellbent on trying to be shocking that the entire purpose of the story falls utterly flat. The characters are so two-dimensional that you don't give too much of a shit when they go crazy, because they had no personalities and no reason to be invested in. There were a few parts I felt engaged, despite the utterly detatched tone of our narrator: I chuckled 2 times, and I felt disgust at about 3-4 sections of visceral accident descriptions (mostly near the end). Other than that, the prose was so abhorrently repetitive that it was putting me to sleep more than it was shocking me.

And I don't see his whole allegory for technology taking over human excitement/lust. My man, it was the 70s, your only frame of reference was cars!!! It does not feel clear at all, no matter how true it is today. It's poorly executed on all fronts and a shocking letdown compared to High-Rise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Excrement