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[0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title The Weight of Nothing [author] author Gillis, Steven [isbn] isbn 0972429557 [isbn13] isbn13 9780972429559 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 259 pp [avg rating] avg rating 3.25 [num ratings] num ratings 8 [date pub] date pub 2005 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Mar 03, 2005 [rating] Sammy's rating 2 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started not set [date read] date read Aug 2007 [date added] date added May 30, 2007 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Hardcover [29] actions view (with text) [review] 
review I'm not really going to talk about this book because I did not enjoy the majority of it. For me it was just too wordy, not real and too philosophical. I'm not really going to talk about this book because I did not enjoy the majority of it. For me it was just too wordy, not real and too philosophical. Mind you if I was someone interested in philosophy than maybe I would have connected with this book a lot more. But I'm not and I didn't. I didn't connect with any of the characters or what they were going through. The entire time I felt that I was just watching them from some rooftop. The casual outside observer. The fact that all the dialogue was extremely dry and fake sounding didn't help me bond either. There were moments that I did start getting hooked and didn't want to put down the book, but they would more than likely be ruined by some sort of artsy or philosophical comment. Some of it I understood, a lot of it I didn't, and that was what killed the book for me. I don't think I was expecting something this intense and the book honestly was intense. That's it. The book killed any sort of depth I could give this review. I don't want to think about it anymore, let's just put it behind me now. ...more
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