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asililydying's review against another edition
I really thought I was gonna finish this one, but honestly I'm so utterly exhausted by it in a mostly negative manner; this book is work. I like word-play, I like crazy expanse, I like big themes; this book plays with these things, tries to transcend them, reinvent the novel, but it just isn't charismatic enough to pull this off, nor is it actually smart enough. Plenty of impressive writing and postmodernisms to gawk at, and certainly some truly affecting moments, but so much more just goes on and on and on about absolutely nothing, or plays a bigoted portrayal (eg. All minority characters) to the same tired stereotypes for pages and pages. I'd call it dated, but being this ignorant while you're trying to show off how impressive and intelligent you are is just embarassing.
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Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Murder, Transphobia, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Suicide
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