Bodensee edition by Marten Weber Literature Fiction eBooks
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In a street in Zurich, a man stands confused and bewildered. There’s the bank he needs to go to, and in the hotel, a man who claims to be his husband and a young boy are waiting. They travel together across the snow-capped mountains in a train which seems doomed to derail. He has no memory of his earlier life. Nightmares of monsters and crawling insects rob him of his sanity. Again and again, he doubts his senses. Repeatedly, the image of a red-haired woman enters his mind he wants to meet her; he knows she holds the key to this mystery. Then she is there, in the flesh beautiful, seductive and irresistible. And his troubles have only started.
Literally bursting with creativity, Marten Weber takes us on a thrilling ride with this foray into the sci-fi genre. Bodensee chronicles the confounding journey of three men as they navigate one terrifying obstacle after another, trapped in a provocative dream that seems all but inescapable. Full of surprises, twists and an array of dashing young men who battle it out—a battle of minds and perceptions—is this a vision of our future?
Bodensee edition by Marten Weber Literature Fiction eBooks
There is no doubt in my mind that Marten Weber is an extremely gifted writer. There is also no doubt in my mind that he takes a delight in confusing the reader for as long as he possibly could during the course of the story. Do not get me wrong - it could be extremely rewarding to try and figure out the puzzle which the writer builds up, OR your frustration will built up and you will stop reading the book and never come back.Second option happened with two books by this writer I tried to read - I just could not deal. However I stuck with In the mirrow a monster (yes, in that book I also wanted to strangle the narrator for the first 15-20% of the story and tell him to please figure out the way he wanted to tell the story and please to get on with already), and I found it extremely rewarding.
So I decided to be persistent with this book as well and OMG I had to be persistent for a long time to get ANY kind of understanding or emotional payoff.
I could not figure out what the heck was happening with the protagonist in the first fifty - sixty percent of the story, but not in a sense that I could not understand what I was reading. I felt like I was reading random scenes popping out of nowhere. And the moment I felt I had a grasp on what was happening - boom the rug was pulled out of me again. There is a difference between teasing the reader and annoying the reader. I was annoyed,a lot.
The first moment of clarity started to happen in the 60 percentage of the story on my kindle. And the more we were moving along the more the story was coming along and nicely. Everything made sense at the end, everything came neatly together. I am just saying that if you are like me, you may feel the story did not make sense for longer than it should have, if the point was to try and make reader's work to understand.
I also did not feel that other two main characters were not well fleshed out. I thought they were chess pieces to carry out the overall message of the story, which I liked (the message that is), but I still prefer more in depth characterization.
3.5 stars
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Bodensee edition by Marten Weber Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Warning This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating 10/10
PROS
- Readers who have read even one of Weber's works should be familiar with his penchant for scathing criticism of various social institutions. The institution that receives the most heat in Bodensee is religion. What I love about the story, though, is that Weber manages to criticize religious zealotry while acknowledging that the institution of religion as a whole isn't necessarily (or even usually) harmful.
- The story is confusing, especially at the beginning. You'll read one scene that seems to make perfect sense, and then the next will seem incongruous or non-chronological (but with no indication as to whether it's taking place in the past, or the present, or the future, or no time at all). Normally this sort of thing bothers me, but because I'm familiar with this author, I knew that there had to be a point to the confusion. Rest assured, there IS a point. And once it had been made (at the end, naturally), I went back through and read the entire story a second time, just so I could admire Weber's ability to make everything appear to be a jumbled mess, when really it's kind of...not.
- The sex scenes (which are largely ménage à trois, just to warn unsuspecting readers) are numerous and detailed, but not once did I roll my eyes because the men's words or actions seemed sensationalized or out of character. It probably helps that the gay love scenes in this book were written by a gay man rather than a straight woman; Weber's characters seem more real in the bedroom than the majority of characters I come across in gay romantic fiction.
- The story addresses an important issue in the GLBT community (naming it further would be a bit of a spoiler), and the tone of the story fits its subject matter it is serious and sarcastic by turns, with a few playful romps between the sheets thrown in here and there to lighten the mood a bit. Yet in spite of the rather heavy feeling of the story overall, it has a delightfully cheerful ending.
CON
- There are a few instances when conversations (or monologues) seem to carry on a bit too long--when characters become suddenly very chatty. This is a minor complaint, though, and a common feature of Weber's writing (one that I am more than willing to put up with, given how much I love his writing style overall).
Overall comments I've been a fan of this author since I read his first book, Shayno, a couple of years ago, and each new story I've read has taken the place of the one before it as my favorite Weber book. Bodensee is no exception the story is complex and socially meaningful, the settings and characters are brought to life through descriptions rich in detail, and Weber's command of the English language is as fine as any of his contemporaries writing modern-day fiction.
The idea and the creative way the story is told is very good. This book has so much truth in it and it is written in a style that would be very easy to transfer into script form so we could watch the movie.
Just finished Bondensee - WOW what a ride and especially after this most horrible of election years - scary. and then have it overcome with love - awesome thanks Marten Weber
Bodenssee
by Marten Weber
reviewed by Mykola (Mick) Dementiuk
A stunning novel, rewarding and enchanting. Marten Weber has created a world of the future we would love to leap into but that new world is full of danger and hypocrisy, especially if you're gay. Throughout the novel we run into happy contented people but are they for real? A confused and disillusioned reader who sticks with the book will find himself rewarded with the changes and real life that comes through at the end but only if he sticks with it. It's not a book for a fickle gay naïve reader, a sense of attention is called for. I give the novel a rating of #10. Was an excellent read.
Weber is the author of Benedetto Casanova and Shayno, amongst others.
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Lambda Literary Awards Winner 2009/Bisexual Fiction
There is no doubt in my mind that Marten Weber is an extremely gifted writer. There is also no doubt in my mind that he takes a delight in confusing the reader for as long as he possibly could during the course of the story. Do not get me wrong - it could be extremely rewarding to try and figure out the puzzle which the writer builds up, OR your frustration will built up and you will stop reading the book and never come back.
Second option happened with two books by this writer I tried to read - I just could not deal. However I stuck with In the mirrow a monster (yes, in that book I also wanted to strangle the narrator for the first 15-20% of the story and tell him to please figure out the way he wanted to tell the story and please to get on with already), and I found it extremely rewarding.
So I decided to be persistent with this book as well and OMG I had to be persistent for a long time to get ANY kind of understanding or emotional payoff.
I could not figure out what the heck was happening with the protagonist in the first fifty - sixty percent of the story, but not in a sense that I could not understand what I was reading. I felt like I was reading random scenes popping out of nowhere. And the moment I felt I had a grasp on what was happening - boom the rug was pulled out of me again. There is a difference between teasing the reader and annoying the reader. I was annoyed,a lot.
The first moment of clarity started to happen in the 60 percentage of the story on my kindle. And the more we were moving along the more the story was coming along and nicely. Everything made sense at the end, everything came neatly together. I am just saying that if you are like me, you may feel the story did not make sense for longer than it should have, if the point was to try and make reader's work to understand.
I also did not feel that other two main characters were not well fleshed out. I thought they were chess pieces to carry out the overall message of the story, which I liked (the message that is), but I still prefer more in depth characterization.
3.5 stars
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