The Dice Man

Reading this at the encouragement of a classmate, I can say I was not disappointed as The Dice Man certainly lived up to his review as random. The book starts out normally enough and progresses through a fantastic story in a fairly normal way. Sure, the main character goes on a number of rather shocking escapades, but the ultimate end of the book was expected.

The central ‘theory' of the book is that the personality should be destroyed. It's an interesting concept, but The Dice Man proves that destroyed personalities turn out to be just as mundane as intact personalities.

The narrative is engaging and, at times, quite humorous. Many passages, though, are sarcastic to the point of being snarky. Though possibly for effect, to show the general foolishness of established society as a whole, it comes off as overly cynical.