City of Strangers, (Paperback)

from dasuzuki

I cannot say I really enjoyed this book although it was not as bad as I was expecting after reading the first few pages. Initially it seemed like MacKenzie was just trying too hard with phrases like "The exhausted, somnambulant city..." and "the cholesterol of automobiles" and was trying to use e...

from dasuzuki

I cannot say I really enjoyed this book although it was not as bad as I was expecting after reading the first few pages. Initially it seemed like MacKenzie was just trying too hard with phrases like "The exhausted, somnambulant city..." and "the cholesterol of automobiles" and was trying to use e...

from SusanB55

I haven't read any literary fiction in a very long time. The blurbs describe the "beauty" of the language. This seems to mean an over-reliance on similes and metaphors. Some of the similes, especially, are jarringly apt, almost painful in the way they rearrange lazy habits of thought. The plot ca...