The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I want to give it a 5 star just for the premise: 20 years after WWII, what would the world be like if Japan and Germany had won. Isn't that great!? Unfortunately, history is not my strong suit so my imagination can only go so far. I liked how all of the characters had separate lives that interconnected. I liked the plot and even the resolution. However, the writing made me feel like I was squinting the whole time. Lots of fragmented sentences. Building action whose climax was sometimes only a sentence that you had to read twice to make sure you understood. The characters had lots of deep thoughts about race, art, history, etc. but often their actions were dreamlike, or trancelike without a lot of thought...so you were constantly wondering why are you doing this? Maybe that was deliberate? So in summary, liked the premise, writing style not so much.

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