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Title: I can't even describe how inflated the ego is.
Review: Here is my 5 theses regarding this horrid novelFirst, Clarke uses the plot mainly as a giant anticliche against all other fantasy booksSecond, She elaborates more on insignificant people by writing long footnotes that only stress your eyes with the sall printThird, She lacks good variety in character, and her style practicaly causes characters to contradict themselvesFourth, the story is MASSIVELY discursiveFifth, you say the writing is beautiful? Her style is very modern and, once again, discursive. She directly refers to and converses directly with the reader too infrequently, as well as writing rhetorical questions, prose of her own. Her style is a sad attempt to bring the book an antique feel to it, but I myself write like that, and I'm twelve...HER WRITING IS CHILDISH!Any good quality there may be is definitely overshadowed by the above.
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