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The World Of The End (2004)

by Ofir Touche Gafla(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0765333562 (ISBN13: 9780765333568)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Tor Books

review 1: Blech.... The beginning was a jumbled mess that appeared to be a collection of random essays. Then, finally after about chapter 8, it seemed that there were some threads of connection between the stories. Unfortunately by this point, I was so frustrated with the book, I almost set it down. But, I persevered and read through to the bloody end. Honestly, I can not recommend this book. The characters were insufferable, the story not even interesting. I was so glad to be done.
review 2: conceptually interesting, at least at the start, but just too long. there is some validity in the argument that novels are too long when the focus is ideas, not characters, or rather when for me that is the focus. made me think not of Rusdie, who is similarly playful with langu... moreage and referred to here, but of the very concise work of Borges. which is not necessarily weighed down with a plot that weaves in and out of this world and the next. made me think of Sweet Dreams by Michael Frayn, which I found much more involving, more philosophically inspiring, though this has its moments. less

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