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I should have known better.
I actually did know better, but thought I might be wrong.
I make it a general rule to avoid books where one of the cover blurbs says "[book name] is unlike any novel you have ever read." and I can immediately think of at least two refutations of the statement. This time, however, I had enjoyed other works by the author, and I know authors don't get to control what goes on the cover, so I decided to give it a shot anyway. *sigh* again.
I'm going to keep trying, maybe the author will find the voice I remember from his other works a little further in, but it's not looking too good. I should have followed my rule, I made it for a reason. When I find that statement to be so immediately contradicted by my experience, the uniqueness is usually that it is uniquely bad.
I actually did know better, but thought I might be wrong.
I make it a general rule to avoid books where one of the cover blurbs says "[book name] is unlike any novel you have ever read." and I can immediately think of at least two refutations of the statement. This time, however, I had enjoyed other works by the author, and I know authors don't get to control what goes on the cover, so I decided to give it a shot anyway. *sigh* again.
I'm going to keep trying, maybe the author will find the voice I remember from his other works a little further in, but it's not looking too good. I should have followed my rule, I made it for a reason. When I find that statement to be so immediately contradicted by my experience, the uniqueness is usually that it is uniquely bad.
