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From Monsters and Critics.com Books News In a nutshell, one reviewer for James Frey’s latest novel, Bright Shiny Morning, has called Frey's latest “a terrible book, one of the worst I've ever read,” according to David L. Ulin of the Los Angeles Times. It is a wickedly funny review, one that goes on to note: “is an execrable novel, a literary train wreck without even the good grace to be entertaining.” Apparently the book is larded with facts that don’t necessarily add to the narrative, and this is something the reviewer also criticizes. “As a connective device, Frey interweaves a series of short passages outlining the history of L.A., beginning with the founding of the Pueblo and extending to the present day. Yet this strategy ends up as a metaphor for all that's wrong with the book. These bits read like encyclopedia entries, devoid of soul or personality, so generic as to be inconsequential, as if Frey has no interest or engagement in what he has chosen to write about,” Ulin writes. Frey reportedly received 1.5 million for this, and hence, the publishers are expecting good things. Doesn’t sound like it’s happened yet. Click here to read the funny review.
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