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Title: Repetitive Essays
Review: This is the first Joe Queenan book I have read (it was a gift), so I had no expectations one way or the other. I gave this book two stars only because most of the essays, taken individually, were clever and amusing if not overly funny. But read consecutively, they were very repetitive and were characterized by the same theme... that this guy seems to hate most films. He also has a somewhat pretentious writing style, which is also accentuated by the repetitive themes. He really doesn't have much to say that isn't basically mean spirited. But he is quite clever and occasionally amusing. If you buy this book, try reading an essay every month or so... but not over a short period of time.
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