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Title: When the author's pedantry drowns the reader's interest.
Review: This must be the most pedantic, long-winded and self-absorbed piece of fiction I've encountered in over two decades. I for one can't begin to fathom the cause for rejoice expressed by other reviewers. I found the novel to be wanting in good character developement, basic narrative skills and overflowing with an embarrasing sense of conceit and narcisistic self-admiration that bordered on the ludicrous. There was something very adolescent to the tone of this pompose, pretentious book that seemed to want desperately to convince us of how smart the author was. By the end I was far from convinced of that, and would have rather see the author work harder at some basic aspects of style, structure and character. Before you become a prima donna at least you should be able to sing.
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