A review by bennought
Nova Swing by M. John Harrison

4.0

I liked Harrison's new book, though not quite as much as 'Light.' Just like the earlier book, the plot is fragmented and confused, partly because the reader is dumped in a fully developed world and has to tread water in order to understand it all. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Harrison is a beautiful writer, and he manages to bring the world life and build the characters enough that you're willing to soldier on just to keep absorbing his prose and to find out what happens. I also find it highly intriguing that the two characters who drive the majority of the book do not make it all the way to the end, and it is three of the secondary characters with which it concludes. To be perfectly honest, I still haven't completely digested the book, and I guarantee that it will take multiple readings in order to gain a better understanding of it. Regardless, I liked it a lot, and even if I'm not entirely sure what happened, Harrison's writing and skill at development kept me interested and definitely makes me want to read more of his works.