A review by mjfmjfmjf
Desolation Road by Ian McDonald

1.0

I've had this book checked out for a LONG time - at least as far back as last November. I took three tries on reading it. What a grand disappointment. Ian McDonald is a relatively new author for me and up until this book I've been very impressed. But this one I hated. And I finished it though it was an absolute struggle. So what was wrong with this book? It was a funny book that wasn't funny. It was allegory without any real message. The writing was stupid. The characters interesting but I never cared about any of them and could be barely troubled to keep one from another. And the ending was clearly going to be circular, in fact the middle was circular. And unreasonable consequences rampant. It did kind of have a Jerry Cornelius Tetralogy kind of feel to - but that book had way fewer character and at least one point in time I actually liked that book. Your mileage may vary, but I found this book not worth reading.