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“but suddenly a sort of grumbling mutter came from the chimney corner; it was the man reading his paper in the armchair. he was five foot nine inches tall…”
did you estimate it while he was sitting? how? the writing is so bad so far, so unclear and pedestrian, hope I will be able to get to 20% and then to decide.
— Sep 10, 2025 12:13AM
did you estimate it while he was sitting? how? the writing is so bad so far, so unclear and pedestrian, hope I will be able to get to 20% and then to decide.
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Sep 10, 2025 01:07AM
to clarify what i mean: everyone and everything sort of bleeds into each other, I have no feeling of characters and even less feeling for the places and the passage of time. it’s like it rushes to get to some particular thought he has or something, not caring about setting up anything at all. if you know what I mean. what a weird book that just doesn’t breathe, can’t remember the last time i encountered this. it struggles on the most basic levels of storytelling or something
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