Ill-advised rhetorical device dooms a promising story to the brackish and mosquito-ridden end of the FML, why-am-I-reading-this-many-words-that-cause-me-pain literary pool.Some will enjoy this a lot. Check it out; it's not terribly bad—but if you're irritated with the protagonist's early-and-often, inane, repetitive, juvenile and horridly self-centered and ill-tempered monologuing, be advised: it only gets worse.As for me, all I could think were the following two things:1. I'm on deadline.2. What if I died reading this shitty book?So: chucked.Further explanation and cruel mockery (plus bonus author malfeasance and poorly-conceived sock-puppetry!) here:http://www.goodreads.com/user_status/show/25330090