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Title: Finding the diamond under all this coal shouldn't be this much work.
Review: I'm currently labouring my way through this book. I'm finding this particular first-person presentation off-putting in the extreme. The dialog is rambling, the minutia is endless, the vernacular is thicker than a spring pile of manure in a winter barn, there's too much "shrimper" terminology and no explanation, characters aren't properly introduced. It's all just too confusing, and, for my money, the author's "voice" comes across as presumptous, self-important, and irritating. I wanted to give this story one star; I relented and added the second due to the fact that, underneath all the rubble, I suspect lies a worthy story. I may have to give up on this one, something I virtually never do. Maybe someday I'll see the movie...if it's ever made.
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