8 Martin Suter - The dark side of the moon

The plot is quickly summarized: Successfull lawyer does shrooms, has a bad trip and gets weird. So this book just starts completely out of my comfort zone. Usually literature about drugs seems very forced to me. It's forcably spacy and weird and even tends to glorify drugs. And that just doesn't go over well with me.

The book starts exactly as I imagined it: Our lawyer is called Urs Blank and he is partnered with an important law firm, drives a fast car and is kind of a dick. He meets a young incense stick selling girl (that's a real job!) and cheats on his wife with her because she's younger and more fun and all that jazz. And his wife just let's it happen because that's what wives of really rich dudes do. So at this point I'm already over this book.

The only thing that kept me reading was the writing style. This books comes in paragraphs in which the point of view usually switches to another person's and that makes this novel really easy and fast to read. It feels really dynamic and gives the reader complete insight on what everyone is thinking in certain situations. It picks up the pace in all the right places and never feels too drawn out. I was impressed and continued and luckily I got rewarded for my patience:

Martin Suter describes the peronality changes Urs Blank goes through after his bad trip so well and not in a glorifying way at all. It feels real and raw. Blank and everyone around him react to this situation exactly as I would in real life which is not something I can often say and really makes for some good writing.

Also, it's very well researched. You can really tell a lot of time went into this. Also, I researchd the author and he looks exactly as I imagined Urs Blank. Here's a link to Martin Suter.

*SPOILER*

Dude starts killing people. That's when this book took a turn for the better, at least for me. And I'm not sure what that says about me.
But if you're looking for something easy yet something impressive (as in Martin Suter can write!) to read, I can recommend this. I'll rate this book 78 out of 90 shrooms.