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Old 04-27-2015, 09:28 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by MikeWaters View Post
I picked up "The God Who Weeps" again this past weekend.

I find it really hard to follow his (their) writing. He'll make a point, then he'll follow up with a quote from some historical figure, then an excerpt from literature, and then a couple more points. And then a quote from someone else. It's like a pastiche of notecards that he made on a topic, and he's trying to find a way to put them all into a chapter.

There's no flow. And there's no story.

So I find myself getting bored and wanting to skip ahead.

It's not that there isn't gold there, it's just that the gold per cubic yard of dirt isn't high enough.
That doesn't seem to describe how this book is organized.
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