Negative Positive
Title: Read John Irving instead
Review: I love characters that fly in the face of conventionality. I love irreverant characters who challenge the way we see the world.Ignatius is neither of these. His rantings on the ills of society from the safety of his bedroom in his mother's house were empty and silly. He is a completely unbelievable character, or at least one with whom I could not empathize. His twisted view of the world is so anathema to the realm of common experience that I'm surprise anyone can put themselves in it.Try as hard as I did, I couldn't raise enough interest in the characters to even finish this book.Read John Irving instead -- He's much funnier, can turn reality in interesting twists and still be believable, and has more important things to say about what it is to be a human being in the world.
Is the review positive or negative? 