Kalimantan

The story at its core is not bad at all. Far from the best book I've ever read but fair in most respects. There were many elements that seemed rather out of place in this rather short book, such as the briefly touched-upon alien spacecraft and left me searching for more. (Did I miss something, or was it simply left to the reader to fill in the blanks that Shepard left out?) Either way, the lack of any chapters whatsoever combined with the long and rambling paragraphs made it seem like a long stream of words with no breath in-between. Thus I subtracted 1 star from this otherwise almost-4-star-worthy novel.

Quite hazy little story set in a drug-addled jungle. [b:Heart of Darkness 4900 Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328698658s/4900.jpg 2877220] theme is strong in this one, with some quite surprising turns. Not an excellent book by any means, but interesting enough.