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how very very cliched and empty. the opening read like pastiche of dickens, the characters are without a glint of originality, just rehashed types, their observaions on the world are woefully mundane, the metaphors are appaling, the over use of adjectives is almost childish, and the choce of words at times begs serious questions about what the hell is going on in this author's mind, apart from lets have a look at the thesaurus... i want my money back, and the last two hours it took me to get physically sick on reading this book
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oscaroscar, May 17, 2007
how very very cliched and empty. the opening read like pastiche of dickens, the characters are without a glint of originality, just rehashed types, their observaions on the world are woefully mundane, the metaphors are appaling, the over use of adjectives is almost childish, and the choce of words at times begs serious questions about what the hell is going on in this author's mind, apart from lets have a look at the thesaurus... i want my money back, and the last two hours it took me to get physically sick on reading this book(7 of 13 readers found this comment helpful)