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Review title: Flat, drab, and vacuous pseudo-literature...
Product review: The author wants this book wants to be profound. He wants this book to be awe-inspiring. He wants this book to be an alarm bell that shakes us from our day to day complacency. This is all well and good, even respectable - indeed, perhaps more of us ought to strive for such noble ends. However, as one of the two main "characters" in the book, he comes across as incredibly naive and lacking much of anything resembling humanity. His semi-tough guy persona is nothing short of laughable, and his stilted prose renders a possibly moving experience inert. Under his pen, the depths or the human soul are made superficial and cliche. Do yourself and the rest of humanity a favor and read some Dostoeyevsky instead.
