The Raw Shark Texts: A Novel
 

The Raw Shark Texts

by Steven Hall

Amazon Best of the Month, March 2007: Not since Fight Club have a I read a book that sizzled with such fierce originality and searing vision as Steven Hall's electrifying debut novel, The Raw Shark Texts. It's a twisting, trippy thriller that tears through the landscape of language, revealing the lurking terrors uncovered in every letter of the written word. Steven Hall swims in the same... (read more)

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picturefool
  • Rated 5 stars

This was one of the most fun and best written and original novels I have ever read. From page one it kept me gripped and I did little else but read last weekend. The concepts are intriguing and the mild sci-fi connection should not drive away people who hate sci-fi. I am recommending this book to everyone I know.

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Mark P
  • Rated 2 stars

I was hoping for a really good, engrossing summer read, and stumbled upon this (that'll teach me to troll the bargain bin). It's only OK -- it takes itself too seriously, and is obviously indebted to the Matrix and Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Meme."

The book tries too hard to be too many things, and is ultimately rather unfulfilling.

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