"The conventional wisdom is true as regards faces: by mid-adulthood, what's inside you becomes what people see on the outside. Car thieves look like car thieves, cheats look like cheats, and calm, reflective people look calm and reflective. So be careful." - Douglas Coupland
After, yet another, stint of reading only non-fiction I decided to take a ride on the fiction side. Hey Nostradamus! is one of the best book rides that I have been on yet. Hey Nostradamus! follows four separate lives that all have been impacted by a school shooting. Each part of the book is written by a different character, offering a different experience and Coupland does a interesting job linking and relating all the perspectives together. Douglas Coupland's writing is real, entertaining, and simply detailed. He has a captivating way of writing that is both wise and easy to understand. The format of the book is somewhat scattered (because it constantly switches between present tense to past tense and to thoughts) which may bother more traditional readers, however, I found that the format gave the book an authentic feel. If you are a fan of non-fiction and are scared to go to the mindlessness of fiction, but want to adventure out, I would recommend this book.
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I rate this book 9/10! (I am now on a personal mission to read all of Douglas Coupland's books and maybe stalk him next time I go to Vancouver. AND I'm still continuing to read fiction.)
3 comments:
I am so glad that i read this! When i was working at McNally, everytime i would walk by his section, his books intrigued me, but i haven't gotten around to reading any of them yet. You have made me more exciited than i was previously, if that's possible:)
guys, i want to comment, but i have no idea what you're talking about. I would love to read some of these books though!
hahah, thanks mike.
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