Arden's protagonist, the jaded and until-recently homeless Kaneda, and his two bandmates notice a peculiar feature of their antiquated TV set: you canArden's protagonist, the jaded and until-recently homeless Kaneda, and his two bandmates notice a peculiar feature of their antiquated TV set: you can literally crawl into it. On the other side waits an alternate reality - or is it?
Arden is a lovingly crafted and polished work. It exhibits mastery of the language, with many beautifully painted images and colorful metaphors, compellingly woven into an imaginative and thought-provoking story.
The one thing I find myself wishing for as a reader is characters I could more easily relate to. Even in life-and-death situations and facing mind-bending breakdowns of reality, the characters seem bottomless reservoirs of polished (albeit often funny) one-liners, more than they do human beings of flesh and blood. Then again, this is a matter of personal taste as much as anything.
That being said, anyone looking for a fantastical, weird and inspiring take on dystopian sci-fi would do well to pick this one up....more
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