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A review by myriahalice
I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan
1.0
So. Unbelievably. Boring.
I didn't really think that was possible. How could any story spanning all of time and space with the devil as the main character really be boring?
"Finally, the other side of the story." You know my name, not my story. Seriously read like a whiny teenager on myspace who blames the adults for everything, and all at once wants to be both badass and a victim. Poor me, but look at how hard I am.
It all felt made up. None of the stories were clever or enlightening, they just felt like someone had concocted them to shake things up, to try and surprise the readers. I wasn't surprised, I was just confused and underwhelmed.
Someone was trying so hard to be edgy, and they failed miserably.
Lucifer was a whiny, uninteresting, mess of a character. Completely inconsistent except for those things. There is nothing remotely compelling about him. I didn't get why he did a single thing, nor did I care. He wasn't even a good storyteller, I was so frustrated 'listening' to him beat around the bush to get to the fucking point. "Oh, you know... there..." Out with it man, you are not shocking anyone.
Awful. Absolutely awful.
I didn't really think that was possible. How could any story spanning all of time and space with the devil as the main character really be boring?
"Finally, the other side of the story." You know my name, not my story. Seriously read like a whiny teenager on myspace who blames the adults for everything, and all at once wants to be both badass and a victim. Poor me, but look at how hard I am.
It all felt made up. None of the stories were clever or enlightening, they just felt like someone had concocted them to shake things up, to try and surprise the readers. I wasn't surprised, I was just confused and underwhelmed.
Someone was trying so hard to be edgy, and they failed miserably.
Lucifer was a whiny, uninteresting, mess of a character. Completely inconsistent except for those things. There is nothing remotely compelling about him. I didn't get why he did a single thing, nor did I care. He wasn't even a good storyteller, I was so frustrated 'listening' to him beat around the bush to get to the fucking point. "Oh, you know... there..." Out with it man, you are not shocking anyone.
Awful. Absolutely awful.