by Robert Olen Butler
If Hell were a 79¢ microwavable burrito it would come in the green wrapper and it's flavor would be mild.I bought this book when it first came out, having excited myself over the synopsis. A snarky, adult, pop-culture referencing trip through Hell? That's so up my alley. I had started it immediately...
Oh my gawd, this was so boring. It started out OK, but was incredibly repetitive. Apparently hell is all about being denied pleasure (right?) and random torture that seems to either involve unpleasant ways to repeatedly die or frustration from lack of sex.It feels like the author tried to emulate...
This novel is set in Hell, and EVERYONE is there but no one, it seems, knows exactly why. While evening newscaster Hatcher McCord interviews some of Hell's prominent citizens in his "Why Are You Here?" series he learns from Dante's Beatrice (who's there too) about a possible back door way out. With ...