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This author really prides himself on pith - too clever by half. "The only difference between everybody and nobody is all the shoes". Every paragraph has to end in some bon mot and it's becoming cloying. Call me a revolutionary but off with their heads.
— Aug 10, 2021 10:25PM
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The tone is definitely playful. The writer seems skillful enough to thread the needle through a challenging premise and pacing problem - a smart man trapped in a hotel. But parts of it strike me as smug? I might just be lashing out because the setting is making me claustrophobic. The protagonist seems too smart to be stuck, and I'm nervous about the author pulling this off in a way that doesn't get tedious...
— Aug 09, 2021 02:04PM
