A review by taru
Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee
2.0
Dragged out, pointless, confusing, lack of identity, unclear. Not to mention the less than average characters, poorly described setting, and out of place side stories.
That was my attempt at writing a review in the style of Don Lee. I'm not sure if it's an inferiority complex, love of detail and research, or an actual wealth of knowledge, but the painstakingly long-winded lists that popped up about 5 per chapter drove me mad. It felt as if I was being forced to read this book for a High School English class. The kind of English class where the teacher doesn't really know what they're doing.
Nearing the end of the book I felt like it was coming together. It had a chance of salvaging itself by pulling something from each of the completely unrelated story lines and forming a kind of 'identity crisis' theme, or at least something along the lines of 'everyone needs someone'... but that was not the case.
It pulled out the ingredients to create an on-the-spot but still acceptable dinner and left them to rot.
Albeit this wasn't one of his more highly acclaimed works, I fail to see myself picking up another book by Don Lee anywhere in the near future.
It did have some wonderfully quotable material though. Some insight into everyday behaviors was also mildly acknowledged, which was refreshing.
That was my attempt at writing a review in the style of Don Lee. I'm not sure if it's an inferiority complex, love of detail and research, or an actual wealth of knowledge, but the painstakingly long-winded lists that popped up about 5 per chapter drove me mad. It felt as if I was being forced to read this book for a High School English class. The kind of English class where the teacher doesn't really know what they're doing.
Nearing the end of the book I felt like it was coming together. It had a chance of salvaging itself by pulling something from each of the completely unrelated story lines and forming a kind of 'identity crisis' theme, or at least something along the lines of 'everyone needs someone'... but that was not the case.
It pulled out the ingredients to create an on-the-spot but still acceptable dinner and left them to rot.
Albeit this wasn't one of his more highly acclaimed works, I fail to see myself picking up another book by Don Lee anywhere in the near future.
It did have some wonderfully quotable material though. Some insight into everyday behaviors was also mildly acknowledged, which was refreshing.