From the opening pages, I thought I was on to a winner here: the prologue was a witty take on a damned soul in Hell, visited by two clueless angels who make him an offer he can't refuse. The narrator's anxiety to please his celestial guests (and not blow his last best chance to get out of Hell) is very funny.
And then ... and then .... Sadly, it seemed to me that Herbert was trying 'way too hard: "clever" asides, reminders in every paragraph that the narrator (unaware, except in inexplicable flashes of deja vu, that he is on day-release from Hell) is misshapen and crippled, interminable descriptions of things that really don't need to be described.
Too bad, because, based on the opening, it could have been fun.
And then ... and then .... Sadly, it seemed to me that Herbert was trying 'way too hard: "clever" asides, reminders in every paragraph that the narrator (unaware, except in inexplicable flashes of deja vu, that he is on day-release from Hell) is misshapen and crippled, interminable descriptions of things that really don't need to be described.
Too bad, because, based on the opening, it could have been fun.
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