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Oct 07, 20171aa rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
"I prefer corncobs to the genitals of men" (pg. 134). Some books can ruin themselves, and this one was ruined by that shocking obscenity (warmed up by reference to "darkie porters" on page 133). There are unannounced shifts in point of view and many shifts in mood (in the grammatical sense of the word), with abundant use of the imperative. It was an entrancing book up till then, never too clear, always keeping one on one's toes, and keeping one off-balance. The obscenity allowed me to think of the author: if a person who just happened to be born with male genitalia were to stalk and scheme (for three years!) to hook up with a woman he was obsessed with, merely from reading a book, we would consider him a super-creepy pervo-loser. If anyone doesn't believe that Miss Smart is a super-creepy pervo-loser, female version, it reveals their sexism.