There are people who think that those who don't finish a book should not review it. There are those who think that information is helpful.I just couldn't get into this book. I do try not to set aside books I'm planning to review, but I just wasn't able to read any further.My first setback was "he chagrinned." Um, no. Giving the author the benefit of the doubt that it was deliberate in an attempt to be clever, it doesn't work (or, to be fair, it didn't work for me). Instant fingernails-on-chalkboard feeling.I have a healthy appreciation of the word "dude" and use it myself occasionally, but it was just too frequent and annoying. The characters (as far as I got) were simply not people I wanted to read more about.I don't feel that I read far enough to give an assessment of the author's overall writing skill or the overall technical quality of the book (spelling/grammar). The characters and plot simply didn't grab my interest, and that may be more of a function of my age and taste than a fault in the book.
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