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Review title: Drowning in Hack Writing
Product review: Regardless of its oft-mentioned "startling opening sentence," Richard Mason's "The Drowning People," soon bogs down in a muddled mess of cliches, sophomoric plot devices and a sense that the author never really gets around to telling the story that has been promised. As a mystery, the book stumbles through a plot hobbled by static characters and (sadly) foreseeable developments in its story line. About midway through this tired mess, it becomes clear that rather than looking to follow a clever, or even interesting line of mystery, the author is content to clumsily try to articulate his views concerning heterosexuality. I found myself gritting my teeth as I finished this book, frustrated as much with its lack of substance and intelligence as I was by the blathering accounts of praise that its review pages were laden with. Save the $ and go read your favorite "Hardy Boys" again.
