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Title: Been there, done that...
Review: If www.Amazon.com allowed half-stars, I'd probably give it an extra half. Right down the middle. Not stellar, not a total dog.The biggest problem this book has is character development. There's only one, Hlynur Bjorn. Everyone else is a prop, and Hlynur isn't much of an improvement. Lazy, cynical, unfeeling, uncaring. You read through page after page hoping he'll have a catharsis and turn into a human being, but it never really happens.As www.Amazon.com's editorial reader mentioned, you get the feeling something is lost in translation. There seem to be some puns and word plays which are probably terribly funny in Icelandic, but fall down flat in English.In all, I just failed to be compelled. There is a window opened to the quirks and culture in Iceland, and some stabs at what makes Icelanders unique as a people. The problem is, the arch attitude displayed by the characters was a turn-off. I can go to any bar and get that with much less effort.
