Raw Shark Texts Part 1

I also am feeling too tired to come up with a more interesting title. I am really interested in the first part of this book. I love the unique format of it, the parts where there are words forming pictures or little excerpts from who knows what. I really like all the water imagery and the feeling like he is drowning and having to stay afloat in his own mind. Also the shark or Ludovician is really interesting to me. I'm confused as to whether it is a good or a bad thing at this point. I mean, is the shark what he thinks it is, this figurative fish coming to eat up whatever memory he is able to restore, or is it the memories of his past life trying to come back to him, or is it some sort of mental disorder?

Because of the differences between the first Eric and the Eric we see narrating the story, I am unsure how much of a trustworthy narrator the first Eric is. I mean, he never managed to recover his memory and obviously is getting worse instead of better since this is the 9th time Eric has lost all of his memories and had to go see Dr. Randle, and this time is the worst of them all because he can't remember anything at all. Does this mean the Ludovician is succeeding in getting more and more of Eric's memories, or is all this light bulb coding and everything else he does to protect "live" texts actually hurting his recovery? Maybe I'm being influenced by Memento, too, but I wonder how much we can trust the letters and communications he is receiving because he can't remember anything that happened to know whether or not to refute the first Eric.

I am really curious to see where this book goes. Like Emily, I love the whole psychological process of it, how it is like a living thing but it is actually all going on in his mind. My questions right now are: Is Clio really dead? If so, how did she die? How much should he trust and follow out the first Eric's instructions? Is it in fact the Ludovician that is stealing all of his memories or is it something else? I guess this is kind of repeating what I said earlier but in a more concise format.

Oh, and I really like Ian. I like the part when Eric is in the rain and thinking about just letting the river take him but doesn't because he has the responsibility of taking care of something, even if it is a cat.