Turgid. Flat characters lack credibility. Counting how many pages I actually ended up reading (after deciding to skip every ~20 lines), the book could be at least halved. Lots of pointless blah detailing train or car types, is it supposed to add realism? - it doesn't. Likewise descriptions of character's external appearance. Unfortunateley I bought it over Amazon on basis of...
more Turgid. Flat characters lack credibility. Counting how many pages I actually ended up reading (after deciding to skip every ~20 lines), the book could be at least halved. Lots of pointless blah detailing train or car types, is it supposed to add realism? - it doesn't. Likewise descriptions of character's external appearance. Unfortunateley I bought it over Amazon on basis of readers reviews, if I'd read the first page I would have been immediately put off. Since then I note other people moaning about skimming it and having to buy the follow on; I wont bother.
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