Title: Had to force myself to finish it...
Product review: A writer friend of mine once told me that award winning books usually do one of two things: They make you feel far smarter than the average literary reader, or they make you feel far dumber. While I don't know if I agree with him entirely on that, I would say that his theory perfectly sums up this book. I found it so boring, self-important and monotonous that I could barely finish it. I put it down several times, having to force myself to pick it up again. I finally finished it (with relief) and was left with a feeling of "so what?". Considering that this book is so widely acclaimed, I was left with the feeling that either I was missing something or the critics were.
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