Beware the Time.com review

[Bryan Snyder]

so... at least is it a positive review?

On 11/13/06, malignd at aol.com <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
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> <<The Time review, just linked at The Modern Word, contains what, in
> most novel descriptions, you could call a pretty comprehensive plot
> analysis. In the case of Pynchon, what it breaks down to is that Lacayo
> reveals (spoils) the fates of a couple of the main characters. Now,
> when one sets out to read a 1,000 page novel, it's with the
> understanding that major events will be sloooowly spelled out--the
> stuff he spoils doesn't happen for several hundred pages in. So, that
> wasn't nice. Admittedly we're not reading Pynchon for the "plot," but
> we do all like surprises and I just thought some of you might like a
> warning.>>
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> It's also shallow and pointless.  Ignore it, if you fear spoilers.  It
> has little of interest to say.
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