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A review by aront
Bad Eminence by James Greer
1.0
This is the second book that I read in my And Other Stories subscription, which was written by a US writer. They both were terrible. Both books suffered from the same flaw. They were terribly boring. The protagonists’ lives were not worthy of interest. It seems, US people are so narcissistic and full of themselves, they have nothing truly interesting to say, no real insights to share, about the world and humanity. Perhaps this is why mass shooting is an epidemic in the US. Mass shootings are just another form of narcissism.
It’s not surprising both books end with (spoiler alert) suicides. The authors obviously hate their protagonists as much as I did. it’s the logical next step.
Perhaps the author felt his readers (whom he insults quite often) would enjoy feeling “smart” because they “got” some obscure literary reference he manages to fit in, to every other sentence. Boring. If you enjoy obscure literary references, read masters like Eco or Borges.
Remind me not to bother reading contemporary literary fiction written by young US writers in the future.
It’s not surprising both books end with (spoiler alert) suicides. The authors obviously hate their protagonists as much as I did. it’s the logical next step.
Perhaps the author felt his readers (whom he insults quite often) would enjoy feeling “smart” because they “got” some obscure literary reference he manages to fit in, to every other sentence. Boring. If you enjoy obscure literary references, read masters like Eco or Borges.
Remind me not to bother reading contemporary literary fiction written by young US writers in the future.