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Title: Pretentious, precious and verbose
Review: I couldn't help but feel that Mr. Booth wanted to say something worthwhile in this book -- somehow he just couldn't "spit it out." In the opening chapter the claim is made that one can learn the trade secrets of artists to use in one's everyday life. If this is possible, the means to achieving it were definitely lost on me. The book is overly wordy; the author has a penchant for using the etymology of certain words in an attempt to illuminate deep truths, however the results are confusing and pretentious. I also found the authors frequent claim that we are all just like the great masters patronizing.
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