Panopticon (edition 2010)

Overall, this just wasn't my type of book. As such, I don't have much to say on it other than I found the story to be too hard to follow and the writing style not engaging. I'm sure others might find the story interesting, but I just couldn't get into it. ( )

To view the full review go to my blog The Well-Read Wife.

Regular readers will remember that I recently reviewed another Unbridled Books title, the excellent Safe From The Sea by Peter Geye. Now I am finding myself singing the praises of yet another Unbridled Books title, Panopticon by David Bajo. Bajo’s novel about violence and voyeurism in the California borderlands at times evokes Cormac McCarthy’s tale of Texan border violence in No Country For Old Men. At other times however…there is nothing else that can possibly compare to it. The story is so innovative, original and complicated that I have a hard time even explaining the plot to my friends. But I keep trying to because I liked the book THAT MUCH. ( )

From my book review blog Rundpinne...."Intelligent, complex with intriguing storylines interwoven comprise the excellent novel, Panopticon by David Bajo, where all is not as it appears." ....The full review may be read here: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/11/book-review-panopticon-by-david-bajo.html ( )