Special Topics in Calamity Physics

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_highbrow/2006/12/precocious_realism.html

Meghan O'Rourke explained in Slate (with much better writing and clearer thought) why I have absolutely no interest in finishing this book. I made it to page 220, but the ~20 needless (and occasionally nonsensical) similes per page sure made it feel like I read at least 600 pages.