A review by amandagstevens
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

Did not finish book.

Apparently the author believes that extreme intelligence makes a character sympathetic. This is not so. This is especially not so when said intelligent protagonists bemoan their isolation from all the stupid people of the world while simultaneously flaunting their intelligence to the reader and putting down all those stupid people who don't deserve to know their true selves (but isn't it sad that they're so misunderstood?). Two of the most self-absorbed and unlikable characters I've encountered in quite some time. I know they're going to bond and all before the end (over their shared misunderstood genius of course), but I couldn't care less what happens to either of them.