What Would Satan Do?

by Anthony Miller

[clairelm]

I debated about whether to give this 1 or 2 stars and decided in the end to be generous and give 2.
The idea behind the story, that Satan doesn't want the world to end so he runs off to the world of humans and then finds it's happening anyway, is actually a good one.
I found the characters irritating and insipid, even Satan (who I liked to start with) descended to the level of the other characters.
There were multiple grammatical errors and instances where words were missing so sentences didn't make sense, simple things that should have been picked up by proofreading it. The story also seemed to go on forever, it took me much longer to read than other books of the same length and I felt like I was wading through treacle trying to get to the end and finish it.
Then there was the language. I don't get offended by swearing but I do find that excessive amounts put me off and reduce my enjoyment of a book. If used well, swear words can add to the story but here they just seemed to be there for the sake of putting them in or for something to say.

TL;DR - good idea, badly done.