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Review title: I, Pretentious
Product review: The most difficult works to endure are those in which the author is desperately trying to prove his genious. Flowery language is used to mask simple ideas and depth of thought is substituted with random comparative excess. I would not find it shocking if the other reviews herein were actually written by the author, as they are just the type of ego indulgence i would expect from Pettman. Ironically, the book may be a more apt example of millenial anticlimax than an expository piece about it. Infused with regurgitated, often dated discourse, the work is pedantic, forcing you ponder the opportunity costs of reading Pettman, rather than thinking about his ideas. I'm not impressed.
