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Review of 'Frankissstein' on 'Storygraph'

2 stars

Oof, this one is trying to do so much, and none of it particularly well. Jumps in time in a jarring, nonsensical way. Incessant use of short sections that clearly are supposed to land with emotion, but for me just left me skipping ahead to see if anything good was coming before the next dramatic pause. Reads more like a film treatment than a novel. 

Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good …

Review of 'Keep the aspidistra flying' on 'Storygraph'

No rating

I just couldn’t stand it any more after the dipshits couldn’t be bothered to pack a lunch for their giant hike in the country.