Sleepwalk
Ratings15
Average rating4.3
This was really well done! I think I've just found a new author to follow and will look for his earlier work.
Sleepwalk reminded me of a Philip K. Dick novel, Valis maybe, where the science fiction element is secondary to the psychological study of the narrator.
Will Bear lives in a dystopia where the things that seem bad/going wrong in our world are enhanced enough to be at a crisis point. Will has managed to built an existence for himself where he remains anonymous and disconnected until he gets an impossible phone call that gradually drives him to the point of needing other people.
Despite all the backstory and internal stuff going on there is a healthy dose of action and a perfect pace.
Most striking to me is that by the end, though the world seems to be heading to apocalypse, Will seems to be in a much better place than he started.
Really dug this earthy, goofy sci-fi road novel. Felt super influenced by Pynchon, Dick, Brautigan, Vonnegut, and the like while still feeling contemporary.