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What Luca Turin has to say about Knize 10
That writing is pretty ******.
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What Luca Turin has to say about Knize 10
That writing is pretty ******.
Actually I like it: it blends history with relevant comparisons and in the process tells us just how well-rounded and smart he really thinks he is. I generally like his writing. But if you really want concise: read a review of something he does NOT like.
Actually I like it: it blends history with relevant comparisons and in the process tells us just how well-rounded and smart he really thinks he is. I generally like his writing. But if you really want concise: read a review of something he does NOT like.
It just comes across as pretentious and overbearing. It's like the literary equivalent of wearing too much cologne.
For instance, as time passes, you'll find fewer people that know anybody on this earth. Why just Napoleon? It seems as if he chooses that specific quote just so he can evoke a stately sounding french name like Alphonse Allais (or whatever the hell it is) and then drop "Grand Armee" on us to sound even more sophisticated. It's stupid and pretentious.
Doesn't it at least interest you to get a glimpse at what's behind the juice in the bottles? Admittedly he sometimes falls in love with his knowledge, but I'd rather read someone who cares than, say, Chandler Burr who seems to read the perfumer's brief and then tell us the names of the synthetic compounds that went into the bottle.