Todd reviewed Kings of Infinite Space by James Hynes
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3 stars
I purposely bought this book without reading most of the back cover summary. I was merely in the mood for an "office life is stupid" book, and this seemed like that book.
It's not REALLY that book, because it takes a hard left turn fairly early on. It's still an office novel, but with more. (I can't say "with a difference" nor "with a twist", because it's not really anything we haven't seen before.) Fortunately, I also enjoy that type of book, so I enjoyed reading this. Good story, well-written.
I will say that I felt the sex scenes were thrown in and fairly unnecessary. It's not that I'm a prude, but sex scenes for the sake of titillation never sit well with me. Does the sex advance the story? If yes, then fantastic; throw in all the sex you want to. Then a little more. As long as it …
I purposely bought this book without reading most of the back cover summary. I was merely in the mood for an "office life is stupid" book, and this seemed like that book.
It's not REALLY that book, because it takes a hard left turn fairly early on. It's still an office novel, but with more. (I can't say "with a difference" nor "with a twist", because it's not really anything we haven't seen before.) Fortunately, I also enjoy that type of book, so I enjoyed reading this. Good story, well-written.
I will say that I felt the sex scenes were thrown in and fairly unnecessary. It's not that I'm a prude, but sex scenes for the sake of titillation never sit well with me. Does the sex advance the story? If yes, then fantastic; throw in all the sex you want to. Then a little more. As long as it makes. sense. If no, then have the characters jump in the sack and end the chapter. We'll fill in the blanks.
At any rate, I'll definitely look into more books by this author. But perhaps at the library, rather than the bookstore. I'm not certain I'd repeat read this book.