Ari’s review of The Liar's Dictionary > Likes and Comments
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Twee is such a good word to describe this!
I was a huge fan of The Decemberists back in the 2000s, and this novel was twee even for me!
If it were possible, I would click "Like" on your review 26 times.
I echo Sarah's comment: twee is exactly the word. What a disappointment, because the premise is so good.
I'm noticing a pattern in these mid-star reviews. The underlying tone is jealousy—an irritation that they weren’t clever enough to write a book that so artfully circumvents lexiconical conventions while completely embracing the spirit of the very same laws. The reviewers purse their lips and use far too many words to say, “Well, I could have done it better.”
"besotted with its own cleverness"
Precisely.
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Twee is such a good word to describe this!
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I was a huge fan of The Decemberists back in the 2000s, and this novel was twee even for me!
If it were possible, I would click "Like" on your review 26 times.
I echo Sarah's comment: twee is exactly the word. What a disappointment, because the premise is so good.
I'm noticing a pattern in these mid-star reviews. The underlying tone is jealousy—an irritation that they weren’t clever enough to write a book that so artfully circumvents lexiconical conventions while completely embracing the spirit of the very same laws. The reviewers purse their lips and use far too many words to say, “Well, I could have done it better.”
"besotted with its own cleverness"Precisely.
