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A review by celeryradishpun
Blue Coyote Motel by Dianne Harman
1.0
(Read for Words & Pitchers) No. I don't understand why this book has so many good reviews--it was the most painful read I've put myself through in years. On the surface, it's an interesting idea: Man invents drugs he thinks will cure humanity of its greed, its violence, etc. And he's administering them to unknowing hotel guests . . .
The characters are flat (Maria is the most beautiful woman in the world and she's married to Jeffrey, the most brilliant man in the world! Gasp!) and aggravating beyond belief. I think every sentence within the book is repeated at least three other times throughout. The dialogue is either like:
a. A series of long, one-sided texts
b. Like Harman wrote it in another language and then put it through Google translate
I wish I could say it was comedically bad, but it mostly just pissed me off. Some of the more notable idiotic moments (in case I feel bad for being so harsh when reading this review at a later date):
"Maria, I was called 'Crazy Boy' when I was growing up." (that must have been SO traumatic)
"Wet wool" (one page later) "wet wool" (one sentence later) "wet wool".
"He was certain Maria wouldn't know how to release the safety on the gun before he grabbed it away from her. Jeffrey had forgotten that he had previously released the safety on the gun." (!!!)
Just, please don't.
The characters are flat (Maria is the most beautiful woman in the world and she's married to Jeffrey, the most brilliant man in the world! Gasp!) and aggravating beyond belief. I think every sentence within the book is repeated at least three other times throughout. The dialogue is either like:
a. A series of long, one-sided texts
b. Like Harman wrote it in another language and then put it through Google translate
I wish I could say it was comedically bad, but it mostly just pissed me off. Some of the more notable idiotic moments (in case I feel bad for being so harsh when reading this review at a later date):
"Maria, I was called 'Crazy Boy' when I was growing up." (that must have been SO traumatic)
"Wet wool" (one page later) "wet wool" (one sentence later) "wet wool".
"He was certain Maria wouldn't know how to release the safety on the gun before he grabbed it away from her. Jeffrey had forgotten that he had previously released the safety on the gun." (!!!)
Just, please don't.