Crash by J.G. Ballard

Crash

J.G. Ballard with Marta Mendonça

240 pages • first pub 1973 (view editions)

fiction horror science fiction speculative fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
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Crash is ideal for readers intrigued by provocative explorations of technology's intersection with human desire and the darker, psychological undercurrents of modern society.

Description

In Ballard's hallucinatory novel, the car provides the hellish tableau in which Vaughan, a "TV scientist" turned "nightmare angel of the highways," experiments with erotic atrocities among auto crash victims, each more sinister than the last. Jame...

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Community Reviews

3.35
based on 2,717 reviews

Moods

dark: 93%

challenging: 66%

tense: 44%

reflective: 20%

mysterious: 19%

adventurous: 8%

sad: 5%

emotional: 3%

funny: 3%

informative: 1%

Pace

17% of readers chose fast
55% of readers chose medium
27% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

10% of readers chose Plot
23% of readers chose A mix
62% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

20% of readers chose Yes
38% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

12% of readers chose Complicated
84% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

7% of readers chose Yes
14% of readers chose Complicated
73% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

77% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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