Fiction

I began Perfidia with interest as I'd heard that it was good. I got caught up in the plot very quickly, but I had to jump ship around page 150. I just could not stand the relentless use by 90% of the characters of every racial, homophobic and misogynist term ever invented. I realize that it's meant to provide atmosphere or whatever, but page after page of it was too much. It could have been avoided by the point of view being outside the characters' minds so that every vile thought isn't shared with the reader. I had to quit because it felt like my mind was being beaten up.