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A review by insertsthwitty
Big Brother by Lionel Shriver
2.0
While Lionel Shriver is a talented writer whose intelligence always shines through her works, this one was a gruelling read.
Much like her depiction of the tiring dieting, I was reading the book by counting down the pages of the chapter / section / book; just so I could see the end of it. It seemed like Shriver was really eager to be the wordsmith - so that the first person portrayal of the quiet, mousy Iowan entrepreneur ended up flat and inauthentic. All in all, too long a read for such a short book.
Much like her depiction of the tiring dieting, I was reading the book by counting down the pages of the chapter / section / book; just so I could see the end of it. It seemed like Shriver was really eager to be the wordsmith - so that the first person portrayal of the quiet, mousy Iowan entrepreneur ended up flat and inauthentic. All in all, too long a read for such a short book.