[sun surfer]

I thought the book was good, in spite of my complaints with it.

I liked that the author was interested in weaving philosophy and poetry into the book, but I think he did it in a sort of scattered, overstuffed and somewhat immature way. The book was also packed with all kinds of genres and plots and themes and twists, and I think it was a bit much; it was all rather jumbled and at points it came off as silly. He threw in everything including the kitchen sink, or in this case the metallic vagina dentata.

I also thought the characters were mostly immature in a consistent sort of way and rather broad and weakly drawn for something so immersive and character-dependent.

And finally, I wasn't a fan of horror being intertwined into almost every story. I don’t like out-of-the-blue horror, and the first story was especially jarring.

Despite all of these considerable objections, I couldn't help but like most of the stories overall and think how imaginative and vivid it all was. I may eventually read the second to find out what happens and as advised quit the series after that.