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 Love and Obstacles - Aleksandar Hemon
Newest Review: ... of short stories focussing on marginal characters. While the premise of this book appealed, I found the writing style ... more  ... extremely difficult to wade through. The book has a plethora of bad language, which distracted me from the content of the stories. It is rare I do not finish a book, however I could not enjoy the stunted, uneven pace of the writting. I presume this was to reflect the language style of a teenager, however this is not a tool I think adds to the reading experience.
The stories seek to make the mundane fantastical, and I have read books on that premise in the past which do so very successfully. However I felt this one was...more |
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Love and Obstacles - Aleksandar Hemon: Searching for beauty in the mundane (169 words)
by - written on 24/09/09 (Useful, 41 readings)
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Aleksandar Hemon is a Bosnian now living in America, and as such he presents an outside view of a familiar culture and subject. This book is a selection of short stories focussing on marginal characters. While the premise of this book appealed, I found the writing style extremely difficult to wade through. The book has a plethora of bad language, which distracted me from the content of the stories. It is rare I do not finish a book, however I could not enjoy the stunted, uneven pace of the writting. I presume this was to reflect the language style of a teenager, however this is not a tool I think adds to the reading experience. The stories seek to ... Read the complete review
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