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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
**Snore** I have a rule that I have to read at least 100 pages of a book before giving up on it. With this book I broke that rule and gave up on page 88. It is unbelievably boring! Uninteresting character, uninteresting storyline, I just couldn't get my head around it. I guess this isn't a proper review since I didn't finish the book, but ...*falls asleep*
Utter drivel This is the worst book that I have wasted eyesight on in some time. I couldn't even it, it was so bad. It is poorly written, depressing and quite uninteresting to boot. I had hopes also of hearing about St Petersburg from what I read in other reviews but unless you are planning to visit sewers and hovels full of smackheads, this probably won't suit you either. Don't bother!
Did we read the same book? I obviously read a completely different version from the other reviewers! I found the writing style childish, with no change in voice between the characters. A long-listing for the Booker was more than this deserved.
Am I the only one who thinks the writing often slips? There is no doubt that Docx is inventive and imaginative. But I have cringed several times at his use of excessive metaphor and dripping language. Not enough to put the book down, but enough to wonder if this wonderkind has staying power. Measured against Peter Carey and Amitav Ghosh, to name only two more gifted authors, Docx falls short.
