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(More customer reviews)This is a dark and disturbing narrative following the erratic thoughts and actions of an individual. The narrator is a lonely, cynical, and seemingly unbalanced man, obsessed with a young girl he's never met and the future life that he's created for them. Although on the surface it would seem to be a compilation of mad rantings and delusional thoughts, one can truly identify this with humanity's core. The paranoia, isolation, obsession, and apathy expressed throughout are characteristics that can be found in every person. I found myself being sucked into each mood and thought, relating them to my own, but at the same time utterly repulsed. The style in which it's written is unique and properly suited. Paragraphs are cut off mid-thought and, at times, mid-word, which push the reader to fill them in. While some may find it frustrating, it further proves how capable we are of these same thoughts. Having the book published anonymously is fitting not only due to its graphic and unsettling nature, but also because it could be any one of us. It shatters our walls of security and forces us to look at the way society, and the world, is moving. It was amusing, thought-provoking, saddening, and discomforting, and I enjoyed every moment of it.
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In a novel that begins with a hacker leaving sexual comments on a children's web site, and culminates with a forum full of people jeering at the Americans who jumped to their deaths from the World Trade Center, it's easy to wonder what the point was.And indeed, "point" is arguable in a story as unsettling as this; but its central conceit -- barely related -- is no less chilling.This is a novel that had to be published online, and had to be published anonymously:An unnamed narrator slowly reveals his obsessions for a teenage minor, confessing in parts how much he really knows about her, her classmates, and where she lives.The narrative hums with authenticity chiefly because it's so disjointed, with chapters numbered in reverse, paragraphs that cut off in mid-sentence, supposed clues as to his identity sprinkled throughout, and a portrait of a life so fractured and lonely that the last page would come as a relief were it not for its implications.So is this thing for real?Is a young woman somewhere in danger?Some aspects of the tale imply that this guy -- for he's almost surely male -- has not been 100% honest with readers.But whether they're left disgusted or vaguely heartbroken, he's a voice not easily forgotten.This one-of-a-kind book is not for all tastes or the faint of heart. -- This text relates to the original lulu.com edition.
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