Title: Ugh
Review: I wanted to like this book, I really did, but I just couldn't. The only characters who are in the least bit sympathetic all have terrible things happen to them. There is no real plot to speak of--just a drawn-out narrative of the life (and times) of a fictional character. This, combined with random scenes of bizarre sexuality (a man has an affair with a woman AND her husband, Tiger on human sex, etc.), made this book painful to plod through.Maguire is trying to delve into issues of government oppression, race, prejudice, etc., but he fails. He does accomplish one rare feat--to be grotesquely bizarre and mind-numbingly boring at the same time. Unless you like Darker and Edgier adaptations that serve no purpose other than to be Dark and Edgy (and bizarre and boring), I would pass on this one.
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