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A review by fallen_adam
Sprout Mask Replica by Robert Rankin
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
"When Robert Rankin embarked upon his writing career in the late 1970s, his ambition was to create an entirely new literary genre, which he named Far-Fetched Fiction. He reasoned that by doing this he could avoid competing with any other living author in any known genre and would be given his own special section in WH Smith."
(from Web Site Story)
Well, you sort of managed that. It's crap, and it's unlike any other crap I've ever come across.
I'm not going to spend the time to write a proper review of Sprout Mask Replica, because well, just no. A 1.5:star: book doesn't deserve the effort it would take. So here are some random thoughts I had while listening to the audiobook. I'd actually give it a worse rating than that, but there must be something worse than this somewhere in the world, and I'm giving them a chance to earn their 1:star: reviews.
It's somehow absurd and surreal, without being the tiniest bit interesting. And frankly, it's just boring.
It's just absurd for absurdity's sake, with no thought on how it works as a literary device.
He's employing just about every literary device ever conceived – other than Chekhov's Gun – without any thought as to how they work together. That, or he's done it all purely by accident, which really wouldn't surprise me.
It's like a pale imitation of a Richard Huelsenbeck poem in novel form. Only, with absolutely no mastery of the form.
(from Web Site Story)
Well, you sort of managed that. It's crap, and it's unlike any other crap I've ever come across.
I'm not going to spend the time to write a proper review of Sprout Mask Replica, because well, just no. A 1.5:star: book doesn't deserve the effort it would take. So here are some random thoughts I had while listening to the audiobook. I'd actually give it a worse rating than that, but there must be something worse than this somewhere in the world, and I'm giving them a chance to earn their 1:star: reviews.
It's somehow absurd and surreal, without being the tiniest bit interesting. And frankly, it's just boring.
It's just absurd for absurdity's sake, with no thought on how it works as a literary device.
He's employing just about every literary device ever conceived – other than Chekhov's Gun – without any thought as to how they work together. That, or he's done it all purely by accident, which really wouldn't surprise me.
It's like a pale imitation of a Richard Huelsenbeck poem in novel form. Only, with absolutely no mastery of the form.