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A review by katsel
Armadillo by William Boyd
2.0
A semi-entertaining, slightly witty, overall snooze-fest.
It's like a more clever version of All That Counts which received the first ever 1 star from me. I just don't find narcissistic, self-loathing, evil but oh-so-handsome and well-dressed professionals funny. Why is this even a genre? Who truly thinks that rich, successful assholes make good protagonists? At least make them funny! At least give me some suspense, action, comedy, tragedy!
But no. Somehow authors keep thinking that all their book needs is a sexist, but good-looking young man in a tailored suit to keep me smirking for 300 pages - Yuck!
It's like a more clever version of All That Counts which received the first ever 1 star from me. I just don't find narcissistic, self-loathing, evil but oh-so-handsome and well-dressed professionals funny. Why is this even a genre? Who truly thinks that rich, successful assholes make good protagonists? At least make them funny! At least give me some suspense, action, comedy, tragedy!
But no. Somehow authors keep thinking that all their book needs is a sexist, but good-looking young man in a tailored suit to keep me smirking for 300 pages - Yuck!