Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Well, I did finish it...for our next book discussion group, though I'm not sure what we'll be discussing. My biggest beef with this book is the quality of writing, and I always wonder how books like this make the best seller's list. I found the dialogue was not only thin, but so obviously written by a woman that it was impossible to believe in the male narration. It would also have been more believable if the author had vaguely attempted to match the dialogue to the era in which the story took place (did they really say f**k that much back then?) The copy I had was from our local library, and on one page the statement "...Whatever", as in 'big deal', had been circled in pencil with the comment (in an old person's handwriting) "not from the '30's"--that rather summed it up. I got tired of the cheesy descriptions of sex and violence -- believe me, the human imagination is very capable, and less is more in these areas in the hands of a capable writer. Particularly in the case of masturbating dwarves...The characters could have been more richly drawn, the plot less predictable, considering the setting. I admit that I'm reading this on the heels of the marvelously written 'The Road', by Cormac McCarthy--the comparison is glaring.