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Pathetically poor

Revisado: 01-13-25

She can’t write. No wonder she lost against Trump, as dismal as he may be.

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Pathetically corny

Revisado: 07-13-22

This must have been written for, and rated by, teenagers. Not an ounce of literary value.
The reader’s tone only contributes to making it cornier.

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Pretentiously mediocre

Revisado: 04-25-22

The author insists on being cool, trendy, different, non- white. She is just boringly trying to fit with a subculture she herself makes sound mediocre, while clearly not understanding that readers who bought this book were interested in the Hong King story written by an educated local person, not in the whining of a self-absorbed teenager.

The monotonous reading tone adds one layer to the pain of finishing this book.

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Interesting story, but the style is naive and corny

Revisado: 07-21-21

Belle’s life and its peculiar circumstances of course make perfect ground for story telling. However, it is highly doubtful the witty and daring Belle would have expressed herself in such a whining and corny fashion. The book lost a lot of its literary qualities to the need of the writers for sentimental naïveté. Or is it the over-the-top emotional tone of the reader that tilted the scale?

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Simply pathetic

Revisado: 12-22-20

So silly it has no erotic value whatsoever... Amazing lack of imagination. Feels like author never had real sex

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Affligeant de platitude

Revisado: 02-29-20

Malgré un sujet prometteur, le style plat, la syntaxe primaire, le vocabulaire limité et maladroit ("collier en rivière de diamant"...) de collégienne, la banalité dans l'expression des idées et des sentiments exprimés, privent l'histoire de l'originalité qu'elle aurait pu générer, et font de ce roman un moment (heureusement assez court) plutôt ennuyeux, que la prestation mécanique et sans nuance de la lectrice ne fait rien pour améliorer.

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Sans intérêt

Revisado: 02-16-20

Banalité absolue. Aucune imagination érotique. Lectrice inepte qui ne connaît même pas le vocabulaire français.

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Boring, superficial, artificial

Revisado: 10-11-14

Would you try another book from Patricia Highsmith and/or Christopher Ragland?

No

What could Patricia Highsmith have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Be a proper writer

What didn’t you like about Christopher Ragland’s performance?

Not really

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Two Faces of January?

All

Any additional comments?

I'd love to return this book, but you won't let me...

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