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It was a gigantic MEH. I'm gonna articulate the exact reason, lest I become what I condemn. Saul and Patsy are a married couple who've moved to middle America to undumb the dumbness that's been done. It's not the most enticing premise, but I think BaIt was a gigantic MEH. I'm gonna articulate the exact reason, lest I become what I condemn. Saul and Patsy are a married couple who've moved to middle America to undumb the dumbness that's been done. It's not the most enticing premise, but I think Baxter's great so I gave this a chance, 61 pages to be exact. Here's my problem. Characters do things for reasons. People operate under the laws of cause and effect. It's simple. My problem is that Baxter broke this rule. Saul's this very rational teacher who suddenly starts acting in very irrational ways: driving drunk, spying on people, and having thoughts like this "She was panting in time with his own breathing, and for a split second he understood it all. He understood everything, the secret to the universe. Then, after an instant, he lost it." This change from rational teacher to secret-of-the-universe guy is not a Kafkaesque metamorphisis. Sure, Paul's got his frustrations with his life, but that's no reason for him to get all mystic. I tolerated this book for as long as I could....more
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