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Tournament of Books : 2014
Tournament of Books : 2014
Tedious Boring Banal
Exposition with no characterisation
Give me a break! I only persevered because this had been recommended by a friend (even after I paled at the mention of Eat Pray Love). And also because it is on the ToB X Long List (omg omg omg ... it couldn't possibly make the Short List! Please, NO!!!)
While there may be a lot of factual information, it is simply regurgitated in a neverending narrative peopled with dull characters. Blah blah blah ... Botany ... blah blah blah ... History ... blah blah blah ... Masturbation ... blah blah blah ... a Touch of Everything (whoops, sorry to put that right after the masturbation reference).
The author has the gift of good description and has a broad spectrum of research showing through but it is all buried in an avalanche of words.
