A confederacy of dunces

Well I have finally finished reading "A Confederacy of Dunces". It only took me about two months. It took so long for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that I am a slow reader, and usually only read before I go to bed, so if I'm tired I only get through a few pages.

The real reason though, is because I wasn't really that enamoured by it. Although I flew through the second half of it, partly because I did start to like it, partly because I was sick of reading it and partly because I found out the book would be reviewed on next Tuesday's book club, so I thought I better hurry up.

I won't give you a full review of the book, but I will tell you what I didn't like about it, but I hope what I say doesn't deter you from reading it, because it was more the style of writing I didn't like as opposed to the story itself. You see, I like "to the point" prose. I don't like verbosity, whether in the oral or written form. (Here's a tip - if you want something from me, you are more likely to get it if you just 'spit it out' rather than pussy foot around for 10 mins, as you'll probably just get a punch in the face instead.) Anyway, for me the prose was verbose.

Now that I write this, I wonder what my written word is like...?

I will also tell you that I think the author was in some ways just brilliant. Within the first few pages/chapters, I really knew the protagonist. And I hated him, oh how I hated him. Actually I still hate him. And for this reason I think the author succeeded.

I look forward to flying through my next book!