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Book Review of The Echo Maker

The Echo Maker
The Echo Maker
Author: Richard Powers
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
Helpful Score: 2


Dreadful. I yearned for the cranes to return because I hoped that would signal the end. Pretentous, verbose, lacking insight, plastic characters - this one has it all. Only when the author drops off into stock descriptions of nature, weather, etc. is he readable or believable. Every character (and they are clearly "characters" despite how boring they are) thinks the same convoluted way.