Shattered

[threemonkeys]

I finished reading Glass Soup by Jonathan Carroll today. I can't really put my finger on the reason, but this books does not seem to have quite the impact that others of his that I have read. It could be that it is a sequel of sorts to White Apples which I have not read. But it isn't as if there is a conspicuous chunk of information missing. It could be that this time Carroll has leaned slightly to the more absurd side of the fine line he treads between fantasy and absurdist writing. But it isn't by very much and in any case I can't really see why that would leave me feeling a bit flat about it. Perhaps it is just that the dramatic tension in the book does not reach any great heights. Lets go with that last one shall we until some better explanation comes along. It isn't like I didn't enjoy this book - it just didn't quite get to the heights of the others.