Dubi reviewed The best laid plans by Terry Fallis
Review of 'The best laid plans' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
The blurb on the back on the book described how no literary agent wanted to publish this book, but the author managed to secure the adoration of the public nonetheless. Well, count me on the side of the literary agents for this one.
Of course, the back of the book also insisted this book was humourous, and 50 pages into the book I have still not seen any evidence of that. I did see ample evidence that the author (or at least the narrator) is full of himself, is unbearably verbose, and couldn't tell the wheat from the chaff in the chaff was coloured in bright colours and made to dance the macarena.
All of which to say that this book has the questionable honour of being on the very short list of books I didn't even bother reading to the end. One day with this book was more than …
The blurb on the back on the book described how no literary agent wanted to publish this book, but the author managed to secure the adoration of the public nonetheless. Well, count me on the side of the literary agents for this one.
Of course, the back of the book also insisted this book was humourous, and 50 pages into the book I have still not seen any evidence of that. I did see ample evidence that the author (or at least the narrator) is full of himself, is unbearably verbose, and couldn't tell the wheat from the chaff in the chaff was coloured in bright colours and made to dance the macarena.
All of which to say that this book has the questionable honour of being on the very short list of books I didn't even bother reading to the end. One day with this book was more than enough for me. If it gets better later -- well, frankly, I still don't think it's worth plodding through all this drivel. How this won any sort of award short of bribing the judges is beyond me.
