Title: Good idea, but not worth it
Product review: The premise of this book really interested me, but upon finishing it, I wished I had used my time for something else. It's a shame, because the first chapter does a good job of grabbing the reader's attention and setting up the book. Once again, however, I find that a full-length novel by Ballard has only enough plot for a short story. The whole car crash-eroticism idea is an intriguing one, but it can't substitute for a storyline. Ballard goes into overkill, beating the reader over the head with all the minute erotic aspects of car crashes; meanwhile, the plot becomes less and less important, and the characters remain stagnant. I would almost say that this book is a parody of a sex-thriller, but after reading "Crash", I think that the other has more merit.*Also, I found Ballard's use of smells in this book laughable. The main character must have some Bloodhound in him.
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