nicanical
I feel like I got tricked into reading this. A recommendation elsewhere described Outline's prose as lyrical, descriptive, but not purple, with clear sentences that are easy to follow. It starts out like that then quickly takes on the qualities of a tar pit.
The dialogue is all indirect speech. All inline, no paragraphs, quotation marks, or any such visual delineation. Little distinguishes narrative from dialogue, and there's so little white space that it reads like a textbook.
Each chapter is a conversation. The protagonist's engagement in these conversations is minimal, effectively turning them into monologues. Long, meandering, and very boring. The subject matter is often failed relationships and lamenting thereof. Big deal.
I feel like I got tricked into reading this. A recommendation elsewhere described Outline's prose as lyrical, descriptive, but not purple, with clear sentences that are easy to follow. It starts out like that then quickly takes on the qualities of a tar pit.
The dialogue is all indirect speech. All inline, no paragraphs, quotation marks, or any such visual delineation. Little distinguishes narrative from dialogue, and there's so little white space that it reads like a textbook.
Each chapter is a conversation. The protagonist's engagement in these conversations is minimal, effectively turning them into monologues. Long, meandering, and very boring. The subject matter is often failed relationships and lamenting thereof. Big deal.