The Dice Man | Paperback

This is a really orginal novel, in parts in its truly fantastic, in others it drags a bit. In fact it can be a little disturbing as well. Marvel at the way it is written, but don't take its advise too seriously.

Luke Rhinehart has the strange idea of controlling his life by the roll of dice.
What starts as an innocent idea soon becomes all consuming. It threatens to take away his family, friends, job, everything. For one man to so fully believe his own ideas and do his best to preach to all around him is frightening.
This is not a book for everyone. Some of the most open minded people I know have only lasted a chapter or two before throwing it down in disgust but for me it is one of the most original and mind-blowing books available. It is occassionally hilarious, scary, disgusting and everything in between.
If ever there was a book that should be rated 18, this is it but if you do read it, you're in for a treat

This is in my top books of all time and is seriously worth picking up, I'd give it 4.5 stars if there was an option to do so (nothing is ever perfect but this is seriously close).
Can really make you think about your outlook on life and the decisions we make everyday. It won't change your life but it'll make you laugh, frown and think.

I read the Diceman last year and it was a real struggle. I liked the concept, but it just turned into a rather seedy diary of sexual devience. It had so much potential but just turned into a very directionless and often self indulgent waste of time. Basically, it's about a psychologist that gets annoyed with the hum-drum of his every day existence and starts living his life on the roll of a dice. Instead of turning into a dark, and frightening investigation into the unbound human psyche (which is what I was expecting), the guy just gives himself six options which invariably always end up with him boffing someone. The other characters also opened some potentially good sub-plots (religious fanatacism, rapist etc) but then the author only glances over them superficially between sexual encounters. I felt cheated after wasting so many hours reading it.