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Title: Sophomoric
Review: The book's premise, in the hands of an expert writer, might have played out as a decent thriller. But handicapped by Meltzer's sophomoric, borderline 7th grade prose, his latest rambling, semi-coherent, ambiguously convoluted "novel" fails to engage.In giving credit where it is due, the singular accomplishment that I would begrudgingly confer upon Meltzer is his somewhat realistic dialog. Whereas some novelists construct stilted, obviously manufactured conversations, Meltzer's banter rings strangely true.However, even this comes at a price. The reader is bombarded with a barrage of sniveling, whining, pseudo-sarcastic repartee that constitutes over 50% of the book. So even though there is a tinge of verisimilitude to the dialog, it gets old rather quickly.
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