I can't remember when I have felt quite so furious -- and quite so conned. Please, learn from me, if you are having any doubts, and think you might just read on: those are hours of your life that you aren't going to get back.
I was under no illusion that this was a heart-breaking work of staggering genius -- but it was creeping up toward 2, maybe even 3-stars, as it kept me turning the pages, and I stuck with it, hoping to see if the narrator suddenly got any less stupid, or (miracle of miracles) the author pulled a fast one, and something happened that I did not see coming a mile off. He (the narrator) did not. He (the author) did not. And then, yes, there was the ending, and I am just so very, very VERY annoyed. Can you tell?
I was under no illusion that this was a heart-breaking work of staggering genius -- but it was creeping up toward 2, maybe even 3-stars, as it kept me turning the pages, and I stuck with it, hoping to see if the narrator suddenly got any less stupid, or (miracle of miracles) the author pulled a fast one, and something happened that I did not see coming a mile off. He (the narrator) did not. He (the author) did not. And then, yes, there was the ending, and I am just so very, very VERY annoyed. Can you tell?
