The Santaroga Barrier
by:
Frank Herbert (author)
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780425043349 (0425043347)
Publish date: January 1980
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 255
Edition language: English
Pure pulp, from my perspective. The writing was pedestrian, and characterization shallow and unbelievable. Dasein acted like a tantrumy toddler, Jenny was an early version of a manic pixie dreamgirl, and most of the rest of the characters were cardboard cutouts. Plus, I just never could get past the...
I'm doing the 30 Day Book Challenge on facebook, and I got to Day 2: Least favorite book. That is this book. I did not pack enough books on my honeymoon, partially because Aphrodite by Allende turned out to be mostly cookbook, although still terribly awesome to read on one's honeymoon. (It's about a...