Title: Painful - doesn't care what readers think
Product review: The positive contributions Dave Eggers has made promoting literacy, as a web and book publisher and revitalizing interest in writing and young writers is commendable. I like his writing in small doses, such as in/on McSweeney's; it's funny and his vocabulary is charming. But his full length books are painful.This book is self indulgent and inconsiderate of the reader. The refutations prepared in response to anticipated criticism that precede the story are an insulting waste of time. If an author is aware of such problems, shouldn't they be corrected before the book is published? The excess of the title is reflective of the entire book and the fact that this excess is self-conscious and possibly intended as humour does not excuse the fact that Eggers could do much better, but chooses not to. He doesn't care enough about readers' time to try harder. Style is no excuse for laziness.Eggers talents are best used for short writing and promotion.
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