Title: If I read one more line about the filthy river...
Product review: While I take into account that I read this book for my Fiction Writing class and not for my own pleasure, it was difficult to slog through. I found the titular character to be wholly unlikable, wandering aimlessly up and down the riverbank. His interactions with other characters range from bland to uninspiring, and left this reader wondering what on earth the author hoped for us to learn.My particular pet peeve with this novel, however, was the grindingly repetitive description of the central river. I really did not need to hear how it was a filthy yellow watered stretch, littered with condoms. Over. And over. And over.Two stars instead of one because I concede that the prose itself was not absolutely horrible. It was readable, just not enjoyable in the least.
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