Dermaphoria Audiobook

" This one was quite incomprehensible, mostly due to Clevenger's style, which hinges upon surreal prose as well as heavy use of metaphor and simile. When compared to his first novel, "The Contortionist's Handbook," this one suffers the horrible fate of falling into the Sophomore Slump category. "

" The spelling errors, so invisible to spellcheck software, suggest that no human involved in the production of this book ever bothered to read it... "

" Not as good as contortionist handbook but sort of the same lost, confused, amnesiatic, possibly on drugs, main charactor. I felt at times the author was trying way too hard to create a beautiful line that it ended up sounding pretentious. Like chewing up light bulbs and firefly's to recreate the feeling of heartbreak in his mouth. "

" The narrator is a fascinating individual and Clevenger really does a great job transporting us into his hallucinogenic world. "

" Craig does an amazing job capturing the mind of drug riddle man trying to piece his life back together. "

" Loved it. The noir-esque prose and the mind-trippy premise go excellently together, bathing you in rich imagery while simultaneously making you wonder whether what is described really happened or is the warped memory of an acid trip. "

" Amazing. Quite different than "Contortionist". Dreamy and Surreal. Loved it. "

" Kinda hard to follow with all the psychedelic/surreal prose and the jump cuts from out of nowhere, but it gets five stars anyway for being written in an amazingly beautiful and dark style and being gripping. "

" A wonderful read, though a bit high-concept and muddy at points. However, the prose is always brilliant and that narrative consistently raw and believable. Clevenger is a great talent and needs to write MORE. "

" Chemist designs a new wildly popular street drug that makes your skin feel really good or something, then he has to win back his girlfriend and not go to jail or get killed by his bosses and stuff. "Hallucinogenic" writing that is not as good as his first novel, "The Contortionist's Handbook." "

" style style style! great form and great vocabulary, sucks you in. even if you don't take a THING from the plot, you will want to drive through this book head on. "

" Absolutely outstanding book, and far superior to A Contortionist's Handbook. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this genre, whatever this genre is. "

" Not bad, but loved The Cortionist's Handbook a lot more. "

" I LIKE THE STORY,BUT I WILL HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN IN ORDER IT A RATING. I FEEL LIKE I DIDN'T THE BOOK PROPER ATTENTION THAT A STRONG READER SHOULD. "

" I would have given it 5 stars but I found it confusing in some spots. The book is hard to explain without giving too much away but it was fun to read and I enjoyed the twists and turns leading to a surprising end. "

" ok i guess, but did feature a dog named Otto. Have to love any dogs named Otto. "

" His second book, such rich sensations, a powerful, riveting story, and the questioning of reality abounds. A fantastic read. "

" like a chuck Palahniuk novel but not as good. "

" This book had a bit too much "I'm trying to be Fight Club" vibe about it for me. It was a decent read, but nothing I'd rave about. "

" Again, Craig Clevenger is incredible. The man is the yardstick by which transgressional fiction writers should measure themselves. "

" Like Palahniuk meets Phillip K. Dick. Mixed feelings. "

" This is one of those strange reads where I really didn't like the main character at all but had to keep reading to see if what I thought had happened, had happened. It's not everyone's kind of book, but it was surely worth reading. "

" His second book, such rich sensations, a powerful, riveting story, and the questioning of reality abounds. A fantastic read. "

" Beautiful. Such beautiful writing. That's all I can say. "

" like a chuck Palahniuk novel but not as good. "