omnombailey 's review for:

The Book That Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence

DID NOT FINISH: 70%

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Did literally no one edit this book? Every sentence is needlessly long and somehow the author pulled off being obtuse and pedantic with this prose. The worldbuilding is interesting once you dig past the dense text, but so much of the narrative is just shoving details down your throat that I guess are fine on their own, but don't make a compelling or fun read. Got 70% into it and still felt like nothing happened, nor did I care about anyone. There's no reason for this book to be as long as it is.