I discovered recently that the novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell has special powers. It makes the reader fall asleep.
It is not unreadable, it just isn't a page-turner--at least not the first sixty pages. It really doesn't help that the author is so fond of writing footnotes that sometimes take more than half of the page. I always thought that good writers could incorporated these ideas into the story, hence no footnotes.
For the past three nights, every time I start reading, I fall asleep. I slept as early as 9PM yesterday, and I was not even tired!
Specialists should start prescribing this book to insomniacs.
It is not unreadable, it just isn't a page-turner--at least not the first sixty pages. It really doesn't help that the author is so fond of writing footnotes that sometimes take more than half of the page. I always thought that good writers could incorporated these ideas into the story, hence no footnotes.
For the past three nights, every time I start reading, I fall asleep. I slept as early as 9PM yesterday, and I was not even tired!
Specialists should start prescribing this book to insomniacs.
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