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Title: Totally superficial claptrap
Review: What suckers we mortals be! I've no idea whether the author has been or is able to write a good book. Apparently he has developed some following among readers of formulaic derring do. But that aside, every book should stand on its own, and this one was obviously tossed off in a week or so by a bored and complacent writer and produced by an equally bored and cynical publisher confident that the author's fans would shell out once again. This piece, aside from its cardboard characters, ridiculous plot, and total failure to develop any atmosphere for the numerous locations among which the protagonists hop, is replete with grammatical and typographical bloopers that no self-respecting writer or editor should commit. However, this quality of work is becoming more the norm than the exception in pop fiction. The state of modern fiction of this sort may be one good indicator of the state of our educational system.
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