More DVC

I'm looking forward to discussing this book more in the days to come. I've already discovered that my opening line, "It's a page turner, but really badly written," doesn't seem to resonate with people. Steyn's article nailed for me a couple of the qualities of the book that epitomize its weaknesses. But out of the three people I talked to this weekend about the book's poor style, zero, count 'em, zero noticed the clunkiness of its prose. So am I just being elitist?