Vivienne Schwarcz

How so much twaddle got past the editors and publisher does my head in. I’ve struggled to get as far as page 220 but I seriously doubt I can make it to the end. So many absurd, meaningless and ridiculously florid sentences, while attempting to be deep and meaningful are so unbelievably stupid that I’m endlessly slapping my proverbial forehead. You might think that was a terrible sentence, but believe me, it doesn’t compare. Meanwhile I’m still waiting for the story to develop something resembling a plot. I read Shantaram years ago and liked it, but this one? Yikes 😬