This was a book that made the conscious choice to be unusual – and I like books that are weird, as long as the weirdness has a point.
It tells a strange story about someone who we might call “God”. How do they come about their powers? Are there any other gods out there? Who do they have to step over to take the job?
This book does a good job of answering all these questions, in a roundabout and convoluted way. It takes some trust on the part of the reader to start understanding where the book is going. I guess that trust was rewarded, but after the culmination of the main struggle the story continues in a way that I thought was not really necessary.
It was funny – the writer is gifted with the ability to make characters likable and interesting, and there is a mixture of popular culture and brand names that I guess are included to set a time and place. Once you kind of understand what is happening it is fun to read the interactions between these characters.
But the ending of the book and the overall idea of what the author was trying accomplish left me confused. Kind of like a pilot making a successful emergency landing, but ending up at the wrong airport.
Next I am reading The Traitor by Anthony Ryan.
