This takes place on an island in Scotland, with a wild cast of characters. The beginning was quite compelling, and I could tell early on that I would like the author's style. His prose and imagery is beautifully horrific. Frank's perspective is fascinating. He spends his days performing a sort of ...
I was watching Grey's Anatomy, Season 13, Episode 4. At 35 minutes in, Owen Hunt was lying in bed and reading a book. I have paused this scene and kept going backwards and forwards - trying to figure out what book he was reading. And now - half an hour later - here I am, knowing the book and adding ...
So, what to say about Canal Dreams?Well, this was always going to be the most problematic of Banks' work, especially since he himself saw this as perhaps his weakest work. And in many ways I can see why. It rather feels like 2 novels put together - the first half reads like a diary; a travelog and a...
So, er, this book happened. I'm having a lot of trouble responding to it, honestly. I almost don't want to three star it, because I'm just not sure "liked" is the appropriate word for it. It was well-done, for what it was. What it was was dark as hell, though. Seriously, horrifically dark as hell....
✭✭ 2 StarsThis was a very difficult book for me to rate so I rated it purely based on 'personal enjoyment'.Yes the book was dark and clever and so well written but the enjoyment factor just wasn't there for me. Something I can not handle to read about is the abusing, torturing and killing of animals...
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks is a messed up, twisted little horror of a book. Delightfully so. This brisk tale takes us into the world of Frank Cauldhame, a sixteen year old Scottish boy who might be described as troubled, if gross understatement is your thing. Told from his perspective, Frank l...
My first reaction after finishing The Wasp Factory was to gently set the book down, walk away, and ask aloud, "What the hell did I just read?" For the strength of that reaction alone I'm glad I gave this book a spin. It's now been a day, and though I'm still not entirely certain what I think of this...
Prior to reading the Wasp Factory I only read Bank's science fiction. This book fits in nicely with that work and is of a similar quality. This book is transgressive fiction with a deeply disturbed teenage boy as the narrator. The book combines elements of the gothic novel with, a realistic moder...
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