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Title: Flowery yet Frustrating
Review: I guess I am one of the few who really disliked this book. The word "horrible" comes to mind. But, it is not one star horrible. There is some pretty writing going on.I was excited to read this book since Delany backed it. I will say that I absolutely hate the plots and overall meat of Delany's novels. But, I love to hate it because his writing is just out of this world beautiful. A guy will be shuffling around making out with all sorts of people, and you think "this is so trite", but then there is a paragraph where you go "wow! that is some good stuff" and you continue to read in distaste tinged with admiration. This book just didn't have that stellar of writing. Don't get me wrong, the author has a beautiful way of writing. It just isn't good enough to save the fact that the stories are one dimensional.I agree with another reviewer who said that the author would have done much better listening to an editor.
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