Title: Trying too hard
Product review: I loved Motherless Brooklyn. And I thoroughly enjoyed Gun, With Occasional Music and As She Climbed Across the Table. I had high hopes for Fortress of Solitude, especially because of critics' comparisons with Kavalier & Klay.However, excruciating detail is not a substitute for plot or, more importantly, character development. Unlike Lionel Essrog (of Motherless Brooklyn) or even the "Lack" (of As She Climbed Across the Table), Dylan Ebdus is nothing but a sieve for long-winded overwrought descriptions of 1970s Brooklyn.Fortress of Solitude is, put simply, obsessively overwritten.
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