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A review by coralrose
Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen
1.0
I was disappointed. I had such high hopes for this novel!
I thought that the premise was unique and had lots of potential, but I thought the author got bogged down in her own pretentiousness, which as a rule, I despise. As an overeducated schmuck myself, I understand that it is hard to carry around a lot of arcane knowledge that no one cares about...however, truth be told, there is a time and a place for spouting large amounts of it on everyone else, and sometimes self-consciously beautiful prose just sounds heavy-handed.
I thought that the premise was unique and had lots of potential, but I thought the author got bogged down in her own pretentiousness, which as a rule, I despise. As an overeducated schmuck myself, I understand that it is hard to carry around a lot of arcane knowledge that no one cares about...however, truth be told, there is a time and a place for spouting large amounts of it on everyone else, and sometimes self-consciously beautiful prose just sounds heavy-handed.