spoltz
8/28/2022
I have been hit or miss with Elizabeth Bear. This is the sixth book I've read of hers for various reasons. This time it was because it was my book club's selection. Upon reading this book, my opinion of Bear hasn't changed. In fact, it went down a little bit. This book was sooooo boring. It has so much prosy description and self-reflection that after a hundred pages, I didn't think there was going to be a plot. Then when it was introduced, it had hardly any forward movement, playing second fiddle to the mounds and mounds of mental masturbation by the main character. The only reason I finished the book was because it was for book club. And it took me so long to read this 550 page monstrosity that when I did finish it, it was a relief, but not satisfying.
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