I was *so* excited to read this book. Exciting synopsis, no spice, and scifi! Truthfully, I'm a little jealous of everyone who will get to read this bI was *so* excited to read this book. Exciting synopsis, no spice, and scifi! Truthfully, I'm a little jealous of everyone who will get to read this book. The story itself was great, but I stopped reading because of the language. I got a few pages in and the first fbomb dropped. A few pages later, another one landed.
I received a free copy from the author, who was very nice about it when I explained why I couldn't keep reading. ...more
I suffered through the weird descriptions of the main character's ignorance because, given the setting, I figured there was no way he could've been exI suffered through the weird descriptions of the main character's ignorance because, given the setting, I figured there was no way he could've been expected to know the world was round, etc. I can't explain why I suffered through the bizarre account of his early marriage or the ghost of the man he kills or his mother-in-law who terrifies his wife. But when his young son got attracted to a woman because of the smoky smell of her armpits and it looked like it was heading toward statutory rape, I shut it down and walked away. ...more
At the end of chapter 8 I began seriously asking myself if I wanted to continue. I'm not a math wiz or much into philosophy. Worse, I couldn't begin tAt the end of chapter 8 I began seriously asking myself if I wanted to continue. I'm not a math wiz or much into philosophy. Worse, I couldn't begin to tell anyone what this book is about and by chapter 9, I should be able to at least guess. When I flipped ahead, I was still disinterested in what was happening, so I stopped reading. ...more
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