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A review by avicos
The War of the Poor by Éric Vuillard
2.0
It's like the author wrote an outline for a book, took an advance for it and procrastinated until a week before submission. So, he tweaked some sentences, added some flair and sent it in as the actual book.
Perhaps, it was a bad job of translation or maybe the 'humour' didn't just carry into the English language, but this little novelette is riddled with sentences that reek of a juvenile mindset. It couldn't have been just a bad thing if the subject wasn't so serious and grim. There is also no real structure here. Begins and ends with death is all you get.
Most good political books benefit from catering to the emotions of the readers. We are either outraged or soothed. The War of the Poor doesn't provide this either. In fact, I don't see any reason why it was written, or why it was published in the form it was published in. Certainly a waste of slot on the booker list.
Perhaps, it was a bad job of translation or maybe the 'humour' didn't just carry into the English language, but this little novelette is riddled with sentences that reek of a juvenile mindset. It couldn't have been just a bad thing if the subject wasn't so serious and grim. There is also no real structure here. Begins and ends with death is all you get.
Most good political books benefit from catering to the emotions of the readers. We are either outraged or soothed. The War of the Poor doesn't provide this either. In fact, I don't see any reason why it was written, or why it was published in the form it was published in. Certainly a waste of slot on the booker list.