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Only just getting started with this book, but I'm seriously struggling to continue, and I may never. The insane relativization of human suffering that pervades the intro made me stop with nausea. Never have I read a more disgusting ode to exploitative capitalism, and a less emphatic outlook at mankind. I'm finding it hard to understand that this is the same author as Sapiens.

Only just getting started with this book, but I'm seriously struggling to continue. The atrocious relativization of human suffering that pervades the intro is just staggering. The thinking seems to be "we're suffering much less now as a "human race" than we were 200 years ago, therefore it's hardly even worth talking about current suffering! Who cares about Africa anyway! Capitalism rules!!!". Not sure I'll continue.

This is one of the very few books I've bought, actually read a significant amount of (about 1/3) and feel no desire to finish. If this is what "horror" entails in 2020 then it's a sad state for the genre.
This book is like Dean Koontz just without the skill, humor and empathy. It's bleak, disgusting and boring, an atmosphere-less or mood revel in dreary racism, misogyny and filth.

About 20% through, and I'm just not going to finish this as an audiobook. The scots the narrator uses for the dwarves is completely incomprehensible for me, and I'm tired of understanding 1 word in every sentence. Can't imagine most US readers would understand anything either... A shame, since the story seems interesting enough. Guess I'll have to try this again as a written book.

Gave this up after maybe 30 pages. The English translation is horrible!