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A review by philip_bonanno
Exodus by Leon Uris
slow-paced
0.75
This is probably the worst book I’ve ever read. Definitely since Dr. Fu Manchu. Very difficult to get through — it’s not artful propaganda. Very hateful and virulently racist.
Outside of those issues (which are massive,) the writing is BAD. It’s a meandering and wandering narrative that veers off track for about 75 pages at a time to explain the characters history, which is just awful.
The author will always put the passages that he wants you to pay attention to at the end of chapters which is so lazy and aesthetically contemptible. The women characters have almost zero dimension outside of their sex appeal and willingness to care for others, while the men fulfill their own nationalistic stereotypes and never see any sort of development or have any arc.
The only reason it gets any rating is because some of characters are less redundant. But i will basically give anything 3 stars, and I just think this book is irredeemably awful.
Outside of those issues (which are massive,) the writing is BAD. It’s a meandering and wandering narrative that veers off track for about 75 pages at a time to explain the characters history, which is just awful.
The author will always put the passages that he wants you to pay attention to at the end of chapters which is so lazy and aesthetically contemptible. The women characters have almost zero dimension outside of their sex appeal and willingness to care for others, while the men fulfill their own nationalistic stereotypes and never see any sort of development or have any arc.
The only reason it gets any rating is because some of characters are less redundant. But i will basically give anything 3 stars, and I just think this book is irredeemably awful.