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A review by nlk
The Submission by Amy Waldman
3.0
Interesting premise, great ending, but what was between put me off this book. Mostly the author's writing style. It was meandering, characters morphing every other chapter, but the worst of all was the language. It was as if the author wrote her manuscript and then went back and used the thesaurus feature in Microsoft Word to find big words to replace ones easily understood. I found it off-putting by page 100. It was after that, I started keeping track of words that were unnecessarily difficult. There were over 30. There were MANY more big words that I knew the meanings of but maybe lots of people wouldn't.
Examples: doyenne, ablution, allees, expiated, juddering, talismanic enrobement, disputatious, seraphic reproach, brio, patois, specious, diaspora, dhimmitude, unctuous, contrapuntal.
Then, there were the ridiculous sentences.
Examples:
Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.
Their words sesemed to be layered like the complicated somewhat mystifying Middle Eastern dip the chef had put out on the buffet table.
Really a decent book, thought-provoking,sentimental ending...but hard to get beyond all the gobbly de gook. :-)
Examples: doyenne, ablution, allees, expiated, juddering, talismanic enrobement, disputatious, seraphic reproach, brio, patois, specious, diaspora, dhimmitude, unctuous, contrapuntal.
Then, there were the ridiculous sentences.
Examples:
Jealousy clings to love's underside like bats to a bridge.
Their words sesemed to be layered like the complicated somewhat mystifying Middle Eastern dip the chef had put out on the buffet table.
Really a decent book, thought-provoking,sentimental ending...but hard to get beyond all the gobbly de gook. :-)