V171 reviewed Saint Sebastian's Abyss by Mark Haber
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2 stars
My first instinct when reflecting on this book to write a review is to resort to self deprecation, as I so often do, by saying something along the lines of "I think this was just too smart for me" or "I just didn't understand what it was trying to do." But I don't think that's fair to myself. I do understand what it was trying to do, and I do understand the humor. It just wasn't very dynamic. Coming from a background entrenched in academia, I understand the wit here. But after you get past the first few chuckles of the surface level critique of critique, there's not much to reflect on. It was the same joke throughout. Thank goodness the book is so short, but it still took me maybe four days to read it because of how one-note it was. It was entertaining, but I wouldn't go so …
My first instinct when reflecting on this book to write a review is to resort to self deprecation, as I so often do, by saying something along the lines of "I think this was just too smart for me" or "I just didn't understand what it was trying to do." But I don't think that's fair to myself. I do understand what it was trying to do, and I do understand the humor. It just wasn't very dynamic. Coming from a background entrenched in academia, I understand the wit here. But after you get past the first few chuckles of the surface level critique of critique, there's not much to reflect on. It was the same joke throughout. Thank goodness the book is so short, but it still took me maybe four days to read it because of how one-note it was. It was entertaining, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it was "good".
