This is a very hard read for such a short book. The book jacket details describe it as funny. There are funny moments- more just moments that you recognize has funny descriptions but you are not prompted to laugh out loud.
What's interesting about this book is although it's hard to read and jumps all over the place, that in itself is what makes this book well written.
The main character, Lucifer, would have that personality telling a story- he has been around forever so even in the present he refers to the different centuries and different places in the past. It's very common to how you or I would tell a story in to someone about the present and interrupt ourselves and say "well remember the time...well it's like that". Lucifer does this more often because he has many more relevant stories as everything one can talk about would relate to the greater battle between good and evil, men and women, etc...
It's very hard to read and follow which bores me a lot of the time, but if written any other way it probably wouldn't remain true to the idea of the character.
So, Glen Duncan, while I am really bored with your book and am struggling to finish it, props to your creativity.
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