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Phantomlink959 wrote: I've never read the book, haven't had the chance, but based on the excerpt posted above I believe it is objectively bad writing in a technical sense. That is to say, it is clunky and awkward to read. The author used too many words to get across a simple idea. The writing seems fine to me. From a grammatical standpoint, the writing is decent and definitely not "clunky" or "awkward to read". I've seen that, and this isn't it. It might not flow as well as something like that of Cornelia Funke's work with Reckless or Inkheart, but it's far better than James Patterson's work with the later Maximum Ride novels. Also, every writer is different. Nathaniel Hawthorne spends three whole pages talking about a door in The Scarlet Letter, so this is honestly nothing compared to that. Conor Kostick uses a lot of technical jargon to get his ideas across as well.