Riddley Walker
Russell Hoban
Science Fiction / Literary Fiction
Riddley Walker
by Russell Hoban
—· 220 p· 1980
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canondarkhauntingphilosophicalreflectivemysterious
Overview
About
Engrossing post apocalyptic book that told entirely in a vividly degenerated post-English that the reader is left to decipher as they find their way through the novel.
Pages
220
MONSIEUR TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE EDITIONS
Linguistic complexity
5/5
Very Dense
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
—
—
Reader feel
Worldbuilding10
Prose10
Narration10
Dialect Inventiveness10
Post Apocalyptic Ambiguity9
Emotional depth8
Plot twists7
Pacing6
My journey
Books like Riddley Walker
If you loved this
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
The Book of Dave
Will Self
The Book of Dave
Will Self
The Last World
Christoph Ransmayr
The Last World
Christoph Ransmayr
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
The Road
Cormac McCarthy