Review: Didn't Care for It
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2012
This book just didn't grab my attention and I never really connected with it.  While reading, my overall impression was more of a "Wha?" than anything else.  To me, it just feels overwritten, and some word choices leave me somewhat confused.  For example, "all the sultry, exotic glamour began to feel insipid, somewhat less of a perfected autocracy, almost tenebrous, full of languor..."  Tenebrous, to me, conveys dark, murky, obscure; I don't get how it fits with the other adjectives."Incommensurate boredom settled in, like mould of the root cellar."  Again, "incommensurate" seems like an odd word choice, meaning disproportionate, and the metaphor seems odd.  The boredom actually would seem to be proportionate to me, given the excess noted previously.The story ends at the 57% mark and then there's are excerpts from other books by the author.  Upon reading some of those, I discovered much of the same - text that felt overdone and jarring word choices, such as a reference to "farcical sacrilege," and "'Regardless,' cried Blonz blatantly..."Ultimately, this is a style I just don't care much for.  I wouldn't say that either the writing or writer are "bad," just not to my taste.