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A review by peel_acres
Red or Dead by David Peace
3.0
Bill Shankly is a fascinating subject and as a Liverpool FC fan I was eager to devour this book.
I've read all of David Peace's book before and loved them. I was aware of the idiosyncratic writing style in this work but I thought my love of Peace's work would carry me through.
It did. Just. The story is fascinating but the writing style had me wanting to throw the book at the wall many times. In the end I got into a routine of reading the sections on the seasons and skipping the domestic stuff. When reading the sections on the seasons I got into the habit of scanning the sentences to miss out the repetition.
All in all, I consider this book to be a missed opportunity to tell an interesting story in an engaging way.
I've read all of David Peace's book before and loved them. I was aware of the idiosyncratic writing style in this work but I thought my love of Peace's work would carry me through.
It did. Just. The story is fascinating but the writing style had me wanting to throw the book at the wall many times. In the end I got into a routine of reading the sections on the seasons and skipping the domestic stuff. When reading the sections on the seasons I got into the habit of scanning the sentences to miss out the repetition.
All in all, I consider this book to be a missed opportunity to tell an interesting story in an engaging way.