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A review by shanellewrites
All Men of Genius by Lev AC Rosen
4.0
The last quarter was fantastic. Absolutely hilarious. I could barely keep from guffawing as I was reading it in the library and other public places.
I was very disappointed with the first 3/4, to be frank. It isn't written very well, and I found it a bit tedious. I also intensely disliked how the author switches from viewpoint to another in the same scene without even a paragraph break or marker to help the reader know the view has changed. I have no problem reading from different perspectives, but they should not be blended together like that. It only makes for confusion. Also, I know this is not the fault of the author's, but the copy editing was extremely poor (something I've noticed with many Tor books).
HOWEVER, I ended up enjoying this book tremendously. The characters are so fun, and there were just so many moments I could not help but laugh at the situations our protagonist finds herself in. (Awkward moment with the Duke? AWESOME!) Oh. My. Loved it. A plot like this involving cross dressing has the potential to be highly overdone and end up not being funny at all, but Rosen executed it beautifully. It was not overdone or overly mined to shove humor down the reader's throat. It was genuinely and effortlessly put together in a way that the humor appears almost accidental. (In other words, the author is not forcing it.) Just awesome.
I was very disappointed with the first 3/4, to be frank. It isn't written very well, and I found it a bit tedious. I also intensely disliked how the author switches from viewpoint to another in the same scene without even a paragraph break or marker to help the reader know the view has changed. I have no problem reading from different perspectives, but they should not be blended together like that. It only makes for confusion. Also, I know this is not the fault of the author's, but the copy editing was extremely poor (something I've noticed with many Tor books).
HOWEVER, I ended up enjoying this book tremendously. The characters are so fun, and there were just so many moments I could not help but laugh at the situations our protagonist finds herself in. (Awkward moment with the Duke? AWESOME!) Oh. My. Loved it. A plot like this involving cross dressing has the potential to be highly overdone and end up not being funny at all, but Rosen executed it beautifully. It was not overdone or overly mined to shove humor down the reader's throat. It was genuinely and effortlessly put together in a way that the humor appears almost accidental. (In other words, the author is not forcing it.) Just awesome.