Title: A formulaic piece of garbage
Review: I just finished reading The City of Joy. Normally I would be embarrassed to admit that I had been stupid enough to actually finish such a terrible book, but it was required for school that I do so.The premise of the book isn't so bad - a bunch of poor people on a farm lose their land and possessions, and go to live in the city of joy, Calcutta's famed slum. However, the book is written terribly and uninterestingly, by some French imbecile who couldn't write his way out of a medicine cabinet. In addition to that, the plot that he decided on was formulaic and uninteresting (they faced hardship and perservered, wow!! so original and so interesting!!), thus meriting a 1-star rating.In conclusion, don't read this horribly formulaic, boring, poorly-written, and ultimately overrated, piece of garbage.
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