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Maybe the coolest, mind-trippiest, concept I’ve ever encountered in a book.

S by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst

September 1, 2019 by kella 2 Comments

CBR11 Bingo – Listicle   If you look this book up on Goodreads, it ends up on several of their book lists, including “Best Experimental Books Ever”, “Books With Innovative Designs”, and “Books You Can’t Read On A Kindle”. All of these categories hint at the unique design concept which makes this book the amazing piece of work that it is (and with JJ Abrams (yes, that one) as the co-creator, it’s not a shock). The story is about Jen, a university undergrad who works […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr11bingo, doug dorst, Fiction, JJ Abrams, listicle, mystery, s.

kella's CBR11 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr11bingo, doug dorst, Fiction, JJ Abrams, listicle, mystery, s. ·
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If you’re looking for a totally immersive reading experience, here you go, but be prepared to work for it.

May 20, 2014 by narfna 2 Comments

The first thing to know about S. — J.J. Abrams’ and Doug Dorst’s literary experiment slash ode to the written word — is that you get out of it what you want to get out of it. If you want to get all crazy conspiracy theory and puzzle out a bunch of mysteries, you can. If you just want to sit back and be immersed in the story, with a little brain power, you can. If you want to engage somewhere in between those two levels, […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: allegory, doug dorst, j.j. abrams, literary fiction, mystery, narfna, s., scholarship, speculative

narfna's CBR6 Review No:40 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: allegory, doug dorst, j.j. abrams, literary fiction, mystery, narfna, s., scholarship, speculative ·
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