书评：Bob Mortimer 的《The Hotel Avocado》（★★☆☆☆）Book Review: The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer ★★☆☆☆
评论家对 Bob Mortimer 的小说《The Hotel Avocado》给出了两星评价，直言该书完美印证了“续集必扑街”的均值回归铁律。与第一部备受喜爱的《The Satsuma Complex》相比，新作中原本迷人机智的文风变得矫揉造作且充满陈词滥调。此外，作者认为第一本书中作为暗流的暴力元素在新作中显得过度且失控。总体而言，这部续作未能延续前作的独特魅力，令人大失所望。
Terence Eden
Despite vowing not to read sequels of books I love, I'm constantly surprised that regression to the mean is an iron-clad law of the universe. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series, so eagerly gobbled up the second. What a burlap fool I am.
What was charming and wry in The Satsuma Complex is now overdone and clichéd.
The violence, which was an undercurrent in the first book, is now too pronounced and too grim to be funny. Yet the constant tomfoolery with language undermines any built-up tension.
The language is gorgeous though. Bob Mortimer has an ability to conjure the most ridiculous similes and metaphors. It's impossible not to be entranced by his panache.
The ending is, frankly, a bit unearned and unsatisfying. It feels like a word-count limit was reached and the quickest solution was found.
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