This is a story about a good-looking young man who posed for a picture one day. From that day on, his appearance never changed, but the painting did. This is also one of the worst books I've read. I contemplated putting it away but I didn't want to let it win.
This book is filled with obnoxious and nonsensical rants that go on for not just pages, but for chapters. Sometimes it's one of the character's rants, sometimes it's the narrator's. It doesn't matter who the rant comes from, they're all the same, really. I take notes while I read the books, to remind me of things for when I write these entries. I'm going to quote one of them now, "Oh, God! It isn't over yet!". I made that note after 3 other notes in the same chapter remarking about how much the author sounds like a raving lunatic on the street corner and I wish he would just get on with the story. If you find yourself reading this book for some crazy reason, you should probably just skip chapter 11, it's ridiculous. To make it worse, every rant was chocked full of similies and metaphors that even a high school literature teach would have found them beyond tedious.
The worst character in the book is named Lord Harry Henry. He's a bit of a know-it-all character who produces the most non-sensical statements, calling them facts. He believes that he's an expert in everything because of his birth. He's the type of guy who tries to influence people and meddle in their lives just to see what happens. He thinks of it as conducting experiments. While I found him to be the most despicable character in the book, I did actively hate pretty much every single person in it.
The book also ended in an entirely predictable manner. It was total crap from beginning to end and I highly recommend you stay away from this book.
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