Chris’s Reviews > The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell > Status Update
Chris
is 11% done
I think it's unlikely that I'll finish this one - the religious elements are so heavy-handed, it's unbearable.
Sam's mother is awful, and I suspect I'm supposed to feel the opposite.
This feels like a John Irving novel, though even less capable of subtlety and thicker on the melodrama.
In fact, I think I'll quit right now. Ta-da!
— Mar 30, 2026 02:55PM
Sam's mother is awful, and I suspect I'm supposed to feel the opposite.
This feels like a John Irving novel, though even less capable of subtlety and thicker on the melodrama.
In fact, I think I'll quit right now. Ta-da!
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