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36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction - Rebecca Goldstein “The plural of 'opus' is 'opera'”“I love the way you know these things...”Welcome to the self-congratulatory Olympics! I can't even be bothered to pick it apart. Suffice it to say that it's one long fireworks display of "cleverness" that leaves nothing but ashes in your mouth. Subtext to the entire thing wails "Look how smart I am!"Hollow, shallow and exhaustingly pretentious. Embarrassingly mundane observations that wouldn't seem deep even on a TV sitcom. The characters are insultingly ridiculous, the plot seems non-existent. The witty-banter dialogue is dull -- nowhere near as witty as it thinks it is. "Was he having a Proustian moment?"Ugh.

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