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Here are some Goodreads review excerpts for The Raw Shark Texts to tempt you with:
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Originally Posted by Hunger For Knowledge
It has been years since I read The Raw Shark Texts but it still remains as one of the most ambitious, daring and bold debut novels I have had the pleasure to read in my lifetime.
It is an bizarre and resounding melange of everything you can think of which makes it hard to label. As many before me, and many after me, has stated it is as if watching Matrix that takes its influences from Memento. From Da VInci Code. Even from Jaws itself. And still manages to be something astonishingly unique and original in a familiar context...
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Originally Posted by Brad
For sheer ballsy creativity The Raw Shark Texts is an incendiary word bomb of conceptual fish, mad world hungry pseudo-immortals, movie geekdom, Greek tragedy and cats with mundane names...
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Originally Posted by Brandon
The Raw Shark Texts was released back in 2007 by first time U.K. author, Steven Hall. In some circles, it’s been referred to as some bizarre cross between Jaws and The Matrix with perhaps a little Da Vinci Code thrown in there for good measure. It follows the story of Eric Saunderson who awakes on his bedroom floor without any memories. While the man retains his basic motor functions, he remembers nothing resembling emotions or sense of identity. Shortly upon awaking, Eric finds a note left by the “first Eric Saunderson” with basic instructions on how to resume his life. From this point forward a proverbial can of worms is opened and the mystery unfolds itself in an addictive way, by which I mean, it’s really hard to put this book down...
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