Reddit reviews Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff: A Novel
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Reddit reviews Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff: A NovelWe found 1 Reddit comments about Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff: A Novel. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I read the excerpt of the book ([Amazon link] (https://www.amazon.com/Bob-Honey-Who-Just-Stuff/dp/1501189042/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8)) and honestly, I think the backlash is kind of overblown.
A couple of random thoughts: I get the impression that it's a "style" novel rather than a "content" novel. The prose is there to immerse you in the insane world of the book and establish the mood. I suspect Penn merely wanted to play around with the language. The alliteration is not as ubiquitous as the review makes it out to be, at least in the excerpt. A lot of them are pretty wince-worthy, I agree. I've never read Bukowski or Vonnegut, so I don't feel qualified to comment on the style of writing.
It's no Nabokov, true, but it's not offensively bad. For a first time writer, I'd say it's decent. Could do with less zany writing and more coherence, though.