I give this audiobook two out of five stars — rating probably would have been lower if the author wasn't Ballard. I saw the movie way back in the '90s, and while I didn't love it, Cronenberg's film has always stayed with me (plus the soundtrack is amazing with that haunting guitar riff).
Quite honestly, for most of the audiobook, I only half-listened. Because it's only about seven hours, I figured I would power through. Ballard's a deep writer, so there is more to the pornographic language, but it was a bit much for me. I guess you could say that Crash is the quintessential horror novel, since it's so ugly. That's what horror is all about: entertainment that makes you cringe.
One cool thing about listening to Crash is that for the novel I'm working on I'm going to change the protagonist's name to my own. I liked how Ballard named the narrator after himself. Ballsy.
Oh, and I've been jamming out to Flesh For Lulu's "Crash". Great song, even though it's got nothing to do with the book (predates the film).
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