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A review by bookaneer
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
1.0
DNF at 50%.
Why? Because to me the book reads like this:
Boring character (3 paragraphs)
Random horrible event
Flat character (4 paragraphs)
Main horrible event
Boring character (wait, did he/she appear before? I could not remember)
Random horrible event
Uninteresting character (3 paragraphs)
Snippet about main/random horrible event
Dull character (4 paragraphs)
Random horrible event
....ad infinitum.
I think I will appreciate the book better if 1) it's better written/edited (the sentences are so sloppy/choppy, narrative disjointed) because it is so frustrating to read and 2) if I read it in the 70s or 80s. Now, it feels like reading a news compilation but taken to the extreme. I might be so desensitized already so it is no longer fascinating.
Why? Because to me the book reads like this:
Boring character (3 paragraphs)
Random horrible event
Flat character (4 paragraphs)
Main horrible event
Boring character (wait, did he/she appear before? I could not remember)
Random horrible event
Uninteresting character (3 paragraphs)
Snippet about main/random horrible event
Dull character (4 paragraphs)
Random horrible event
....ad infinitum.
I think I will appreciate the book better if 1) it's better written/edited (the sentences are so sloppy/choppy, narrative disjointed) because it is so frustrating to read and 2) if I read it in the 70s or 80s. Now, it feels like reading a news compilation but taken to the extreme. I might be so desensitized already so it is no longer fascinating.