Has anyone here taken BU353 with Mary Keller? I've heard mixed opinions on her on rate my professor so I just wanted to know more before I attend her classes next semester.
I was seeing this book recommended on here as a really special and fun read. One of those books where even the comments don't want to talk spoilers because it's such a treat to experience for yourself.
So I picked it up.
And I hate the fucking narrator. Hate, hate, hate it.
I've been trying to figure out what the book is like and I've decided it's like reading a cartoon starring a man-child. It's like the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del where the author thinks he's incredibly funny and it just makes me groan. It's like a book starring Homer Simpson but he can do math. It's like a DnD character with high INT and low WIS and the low WIS makes them think they have High CHA.
It really is like the author is trying to write a comedy. I didn't read The Martian. I watched the movie, it was fun and fine and it got nominated for some comedy award, right? But I have no idea how funny the actual text is. But it feels like the author rolled with that and tried to make a comedy for his next book.
Here's some examples of the worst stuff I've encountered:
(Hardcover page count)
Page 9: "...the customers had a bunch of questions about the menu. Probably asking if Sally's Diner served gluten-free vegan grass clippings or something. The good people of San Francisco could be trying at times."
WHAT IS THIS? WHY IS THIS HERE?
Is the author hating on vegans? Hating on San Franciscans? Or is it a narrator who's a complete asshole I immediately don't care about anymore. This is 2021 - nobody thinks vegans eat grass clippings. Like, this is a joke from the 90s. This is cringy Leno monologue stand up material. Who is this description for? Is the author like, elbowing someone next to him, "Got 'em! You see that!? You see that!? I got those vegans! Vegans are so weird right? They're weird because they have a different diet. Do you get it?? Do you get it yet?? I SAID THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT DIET SO I MADE FUN OF THEM." And at this point the guy the author is nudging just looks at the guy like, "what are you talking about?? I eat vegan sometimes? Why are you making fun of this??" Or the author is making fun of people who ask questions? Like, is he against people asking questions to a waitress? I ask waitstsaff questions all the time but Andy Weir is like, HUR DUR they're probably vegans. GOD VEGANS AMIRITE. They're SO TRYING but we all have to put up with them! I mean, the narrator is a scientist! Why is he against asking questions!? Shouldn't he be extremely pro-asking quest
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