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Originally posted by jenna26
The characters were all there simply to postulate. There was virutally no depth to them at all. It all seemed to come down to stating facts and solving a puzzle, very little genuine emotion involved. But yes, it is an interesting twist on Christianity. In fact, I'm rather surprised this book is as popular as it is, to be honest.
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My biggest (recent) pet peeves with novels is when all the characters basically talk like the author - I remember reading The Women of Whitechapel Lane (or something like that - and I'm sure someone will correct me) - about Jthe Ripper and even the beggars on the street would engage in these long, introspective, existential dialogues on the meaning of everything - shit man people don't talk like that (unless they've been through an MFA in creative writing).