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Title: Completely Overrated
Review: This is a horrid "novel," and I have no idea why it's acclaimed as a great piece of work. Although the idea of "coming of age" can be treated with skill and grace, this book fails to do so. I'll tell you why: the writing is awful. This isn't skillful writing, this is ranting. Reading the book was absolutely painful. It was cliche after cliche, and I wanted to run screaming away from the book and into the arms of Shakespeare, Pope, Dryden - just to feel like the English language hasn't entirely deteriorated. In the scope of things, this novel does not deserve to be taught in schools.If you would like to read a WELL-WRITTEN, worthwhile, complex, poignant piece of writing about "coming of age," please read "The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" by James Joyce. Please.
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