BOOKS : The Last Family in England
By Matt Haig
This was crap. At first it seems OK, but it's when you get a few pages in that you realise all his chapters are only 2 pages long because he can't write - as soon as he ventures to more than 3 pages he waffles and loses my interest.
The story is from the point of view of a Labrador and revolves about the Labrador's attempts to save his family from falling apart; in line with the 'Labrador Pact'. It was supposed to be poignant and full of pathos - well I guess it was pathetic (I've always wanted to say that!)
Anyway, I dog eared (heh) a page about half way through (p158) because I though it epitomized his inability to write. It is a single page chapter where in a doggie friend of the main character insists on telling him about the strange things happening in the park. Over and Over. Until the main character gets called away and we never find out what the strange thing was. Oooh mysterious. Or maybe just crap writing.
The first 15 pages of the last 20 pages (makes sense?) were actually not too bad, but the final 5 pages unfortunately reverted to the crappiness of the preceding book.
What a waste of time.
This was crap. At first it seems OK, but it's when you get a few pages in that you realise all his chapters are only 2 pages long because he can't write - as soon as he ventures to more than 3 pages he waffles and loses my interest.
The story is from the point of view of a Labrador and revolves about the Labrador's attempts to save his family from falling apart; in line with the 'Labrador Pact'. It was supposed to be poignant and full of pathos - well I guess it was pathetic (I've always wanted to say that!)
Anyway, I dog eared (heh) a page about half way through (p158) because I though it epitomized his inability to write. It is a single page chapter where in a doggie friend of the main character insists on telling him about the strange things happening in the park. Over and Over. Until the main character gets called away and we never find out what the strange thing was. Oooh mysterious. Or maybe just crap writing.
The first 15 pages of the last 20 pages (makes sense?) were actually not too bad, but the final 5 pages unfortunately reverted to the crappiness of the preceding book.
What a waste of time.
1 Comments:
Perhaps he learned from the Dan Brown school of crap writing? This is a sign of the end of the civilised world. Save your good books now, apocalypse has just entered the buidling.
sorry. hate Dan Brown and similar crap authors.
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