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Review title: Tedious: I couldn't finish
Product review: Like other reviewers, I got this because of the Nebula Award. I guess it was a bad year for "science fiction," because this is a pretty bad book.There is a chance the plot becomes interesting after the first 150 pages or so, but the writing is so bad that I could not be bothered to find out. The writing is bad on many levels: the prose is wooden and contains many mistakes (such as poorly placed adverbs and the like); the characters are simply Harlequin Romance characters (though not with their depth) at a costume party; the "world building" is like a pre-teen's attempt at a hero comic book; and the dialogue unfailingly unrealistic.With so many other worthy books around (e.g.,The Sparrow, which I finished just before I picked this up), I cannot think of a single reason to recommend this book.I only gave it two stars because it was not (at least so far as I read) offensive.
