*After 25+ years in the book trade you ignore the trade press, reviews on websites, and especially Goodreads. I know lovers gonna hate, and haters gonna hate, but I genuinely had no idea about this book going in (I missed all the hype*) and it was underwhelming for a book I had no preconceived ideas for. But it was essentially a 50 page short story with a clunky 150 page unreliable narrator preamble. ![]() Maybe that's why I found it tedious? That it was a ploddy exposition of a straightforward story?Īnyway, glad I finished it. Although I was waiting for an awesome twist that never came - I obviously assumed the conditions of what 'the twist' described playing out throughout the whole book. Example: Hello.Įxplanation of our link flairs Join our /r/bookclub Don't forget /new! Filter by Flair AMA Weekly Thread Mod PostĪma Check out this week's Thread CalendarĪs per the (now) edited main post, I've finished it and the last 50 pages are much better and took no time (a one cup of tea sprint).
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