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A review by zefrog
Noah Could Never by Simon James Green
2.0
On page 359 of [b:Noah Could Never|38117293|Noah Could Never (Noah Can't Even, #2)|Simon James Green|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1516570312l/38117293._SY75_.jpg|59801828] (the second book of the series, so far), one of the characters asks Noah, the eponymous hero: "Aren't you supposed to be one of the clever ones?"
It is a question I've kept asking throughout my reading of those two volumes. Noah is supposed to be clever. We are told as much repeatedly. But he in fact comes across as rather stupid and idiotic, and, let's face it, a bit of a moron too (a realisation Noah himself can't escape by the end of that second book, when he calls himself a 'dickhead').
I understand that Green is writing this for laughs, and that's that reason why he contrives all sorts of self-inflicted messes for his main character, each more ridiculous and unbelievable than the previous one, simply for the comedy value he can derive from them.
Unfortunately, despite some amusing bits, this only ends up being, most of the time, cringe-inducing, and it certainly gets in the way of empathising fully with what could otherwise be a cute love story.
(one review for both volumes)
It is a question I've kept asking throughout my reading of those two volumes. Noah is supposed to be clever. We are told as much repeatedly. But he in fact comes across as rather stupid and idiotic, and, let's face it, a bit of a moron too (a realisation Noah himself can't escape by the end of that second book, when he calls himself a 'dickhead').
I understand that Green is writing this for laughs, and that's that reason why he contrives all sorts of self-inflicted messes for his main character, each more ridiculous and unbelievable than the previous one, simply for the comedy value he can derive from them.
Unfortunately, despite some amusing bits, this only ends up being, most of the time, cringe-inducing, and it certainly gets in the way of empathising fully with what could otherwise be a cute love story.
(one review for both volumes)