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A review by chamberk
Memoir from Antproof Case by Mark Helprin
2.0
I really hate Helprin's protagonists. They're brilliant millionaires (who don't care for money, for it corrupts them!), whom every woman on the earth falls in violent love with, and they do ridiculous things just like whatever.
Usually, the quality of Helprin's prose and the story itself can outbalance this problem. This time it could not, and more often than not it was dull.
Also what the hell was his deal with coffee? He complains that everyone was opposed to him but maybe it was because he violently attacked anyone who drank coffee. The whole coffee tangent was something that was rarely if ever explained, and it was annoying throughout.
This book's being sold back to the used book store. I still love Winter's Tale and A Soldier in the Great War, and I'm open to reading more of his stuff, but this was a real dud.
Usually, the quality of Helprin's prose and the story itself can outbalance this problem. This time it could not, and more often than not it was dull.
Also what the hell was his deal with coffee? He complains that everyone was opposed to him but maybe it was because he violently attacked anyone who drank coffee. The whole coffee tangent was something that was rarely if ever explained, and it was annoying throughout.
This book's being sold back to the used book store. I still love Winter's Tale and A Soldier in the Great War, and I'm open to reading more of his stuff, but this was a real dud.