If you review enough on Amazon, you get plenty of offers for books for review. I delete most of them. I feel bad doing so since they're mostly self-published authors trying to get noticed and to sell books.
But sometimes really cool books are on offer -- or at least books that sound really cool. This book had a lot of names attached that I recognized and it made me excited.
Basically, there are multiple theories about how humor works, but I can tell you where humor doesn't work, and that is in "Romance For Men". I was pretty let down. There is one joke in the book, and it gets old very quickly. The main character grows and changes but deliberately renounces that growth at the end of the book.
I did laugh once that I remember, in spite of myself.
I think that this is "Romance for Men" in a way that Maxim is a magazine for men -- you know, like not really for adults but aimed at teenagers. I'd call it sophomoric, but that gives it too much credit. I'd say it is more like freshmanic.
(Note: I received a complimentary copy of this title in exchange for a review)
September 16, 2014
Doctorow not for Everyone.
The society of the future in this book is called the "Bitchun" society.
It's a first novel, and it shows.
The world building is weak, and the characters lack motivation and then it ends.
I tried Little Brother and put it down. Tried this one and finished it feeling empty.
I bought a Chromebook. (ASUS Chromebook C300MA-DB01, 13.3-Inch)
I use this for getting on the internet, and it has not let me down.
For the most part.
I use it all the time at home, since I bought it as a cheap replacement for a Kindle Fire and I hated that there was no way to key in things without that touch-screen keyboard.
The thing is I am not that tech smart and I was trying to log it onto the secure network at school. It wouldn't long on. There's an unsecure network but it wouldn't open any pages though it showed it as logged on. It could be me, but I couldn't log on and that was a pain.
I still like it, even with the learning curve from moving from a windows machine and the Fire -- it is a strange amalgamation of the two. Definitely worth it for the price.
For the most part.
I use it all the time at home, since I bought it as a cheap replacement for a Kindle Fire and I hated that there was no way to key in things without that touch-screen keyboard.
The thing is I am not that tech smart and I was trying to log it onto the secure network at school. It wouldn't long on. There's an unsecure network but it wouldn't open any pages though it showed it as logged on. It could be me, but I couldn't log on and that was a pain.
I still like it, even with the learning curve from moving from a windows machine and the Fire -- it is a strange amalgamation of the two. Definitely worth it for the price.
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