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A review by rhi_new
The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington
1.0
I wanted to like this book... I wanted to like it so much! I still really like aspects of the plot. The subject matter is dark, sometimes darker than anything else I've read, but that isn't what bothered me. Every aspect of the description was appealing to me, honestly, which made the actual book all the more disappointing.
It was so tedious.
The writing is sometimes brilliant and sometimes funny, but so much of it is so wandering and tedious that it's painful to read. One sentence feels like an entire page, and definitely not in a good way. The reader has to painstakingly unearth the narrative from the writing -- only to be disappointed, because the narrative and the characters are both weak.
I agree with another reviewer who said this book is unnecessarily crass. Crudeness isn't something I'd automatically consider a fault, but this book will literally beat you over the head with it, often to the detriment of the plot.
I gave up after a couple hundred pages. Maybe one day I'll go back and finish it, but for now, I couldn't stand it.
It was so tedious.
The writing is sometimes brilliant and sometimes funny, but so much of it is so wandering and tedious that it's painful to read. One sentence feels like an entire page, and definitely not in a good way. The reader has to painstakingly unearth the narrative from the writing -- only to be disappointed, because the narrative and the characters are both weak.
I agree with another reviewer who said this book is unnecessarily crass. Crudeness isn't something I'd automatically consider a fault, but this book will literally beat you over the head with it, often to the detriment of the plot.
I gave up after a couple hundred pages. Maybe one day I'll go back and finish it, but for now, I couldn't stand it.